When former Rwandan Army chief Faustin Nyamwasa survived an assassination attempt, a plan was hatched to finish him off as he lay in critical condition at Sandton's Morningside Hospital, South African media reported yesterday.
Wealthy Rwandan businessman Pascal Kanyandekwe, 29, who owns an aviation company in Rwanda appeared at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in connection with the matter. He is the latest suspect arrested over the attempted murder.
The hospital plot failed. Police found out about it and arrested the gunmen on their way there.
Nyamwasa was shot in the stomach in the driveway of his home when he returned from a shopping trip with his wife, Rosette, in June. The Rwandan government has strongly denied allegations by the family that it was behind the attempt.
Nyamwasa, an outspoken critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, fled from Kigali, through Uganda and Kenya, with his family in February. Kanyandekwe allegedly paid Nyamwasa's driver, Somalian Ahmed Ali, 26, for information on their target.
Judgment on Ali's bail application will be handed down on September 2. The two men, the latest to be arrested, appeared with three co-accused. They are yet to plead to charges of attempted murder, incitement to commit murder, and possession of stolen property.
The case was postponed to September 8.
Source: The Monitor
Wealthy Rwandan businessman Pascal Kanyandekwe, 29, who owns an aviation company in Rwanda appeared at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in connection with the matter. He is the latest suspect arrested over the attempted murder.
The hospital plot failed. Police found out about it and arrested the gunmen on their way there.
Nyamwasa was shot in the stomach in the driveway of his home when he returned from a shopping trip with his wife, Rosette, in June. The Rwandan government has strongly denied allegations by the family that it was behind the attempt.
Nyamwasa, an outspoken critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, fled from Kigali, through Uganda and Kenya, with his family in February. Kanyandekwe allegedly paid Nyamwasa's driver, Somalian Ahmed Ali, 26, for information on their target.
Judgment on Ali's bail application will be handed down on September 2. The two men, the latest to be arrested, appeared with three co-accused. They are yet to plead to charges of attempted murder, incitement to commit murder, and possession of stolen property.
The case was postponed to September 8.
Source: The Monitor
