THE Deputy Commissioner General of police, Mary Gahonzire Friday said that police will not standby as Genocide survivors continue to be killed under unclear circumstances.

She said this while addressing journalists on recent killings of Gacaca witnesses, including the recent assassination of Paul Rutayisire, president of Gacaca Courts in Huye district.

Gahonzire said police has identified and arrested a number of suspects in connection with the killings, adding that ten cases have so far been forwarded for prosecution.

She called upon all Rwandans to be vigilants and report any form of retribution and that Police had put in place community security committees to effectively monitor the situation.

The Minister of Internal Security, Sheikh Musa Fazil Harerimana said the killings should be taken seriously by security organs.

"People who were freed from prison are suspected to be behind the killings as a form of revenge,” Harerimana said.

He continued that survivors are targeted by Genocide suspects who fear being identified especially as the Gacaca courts are winding up.

He however assured the masses that the government would protect the lives of survivors and witnesses even after the end of Gacaca’s mandate.

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