Former BRD Director found dead in Maputo

A Rwandan national who has been living in Mozambique was yesterday found dead after going missing for two days.

Monday, October 15, 2012

A Rwandan national who has been living in Mozambique was yesterday found dead after going missing for two days.The deceased, Theogene Turatsinze, went missing on Friday evening after parting with a delegation of investors who he had dropped off at a hotel.Rwanda’s envoy to S. Africa Vincent Karega confirmed the death in an e-mail received by The New Times yesterday."… After dropping them around 8pm, he was no longer on phone and he did not return home…,” Karega said.Turatsinze was a Managing Director of the Rwanda Development Bank (BRD) between 2005 -2007.The motive behind the killing could have been ‘kidnap but no one tried to ask for a ransom until this morning [yesterday] when his body was discovered’ tied by ropes and floating in a lake, Ambassador Karega said in the e-mail.He added that at the time of his death, Turatsinze was an accomplished businessman and a vice Chancellor at  a private university in Maputo.He said the deceased’s car was found parked and intact. "Police reports have not yet been made public,” he said.