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Four arrested for murder
KIGALI - Four men are in police custody in connection with the assassination of a taxi driver, Augustin Bugingo who was found strangled on March 12 in a Kigali suburb.Jean Baptiste Yafashije and Emmanuel Uwayisaba confesed to murdering the deceased, saying they wanted to steal his car. The other two in custody are Claude Musabyimana and Jean Marie Imanaturikumwe, who were contracted to look for a client to buy the car. The quartet was arrested Sunday night. Police spokesman, Inspector Willy Marcel Higiro, said that Yafashije and Uwayisaba would be charged with assassination while investigations proceed on the other two to establish whether they had any role in the homicide.
(L-R) Emmanuel Uwayisaba and Jean Baptiste Yafashije, the murder suspects, and their colleagues who were reportedly looking for clients for the victim’s car, at Remera Police Station, yesterday. (Photo/G. Barya)