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Exiled former Rwandan intelligence chief Patrick Karegeya has been found dead in a Johannesburg hotel room, South African police say.
He was stripped of the rank of colonel after falling out with his former ally, Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
Mr Kagame had accused him of involvement in terrorist attacks in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
Mr Karegeya, formerly head of Rwanda's foreign intelligence service, had lived in South Africa for the past six years.
There is no confirmation of reports by his party that he had been murdered.
A fellow exiled dissident, the former Rwandan army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has survived two assassination attempts since fleeing to South Africa in 2010.
The two men were among four exiled former top officials for whom Rwanda issued international arrest warrants in 2011.
A military court sentenced them to long jail terms in absentia in 2011 for threatening state security and promoting ethnic divisions.
In 2010, Gen Nyamwasa and Mr Karegeya formed a new opposition party - the Rwanda National Congress.
BBC
He was stripped of the rank of colonel after falling out with his former ally, Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
Mr Kagame had accused him of involvement in terrorist attacks in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
Mr Karegeya, formerly head of Rwanda's foreign intelligence service, had lived in South Africa for the past six years.
There is no confirmation of reports by his party that he had been murdered.
A fellow exiled dissident, the former Rwandan army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has survived two assassination attempts since fleeing to South Africa in 2010.
The two men were among four exiled former top officials for whom Rwanda issued international arrest warrants in 2011.
A military court sentenced them to long jail terms in absentia in 2011 for threatening state security and promoting ethnic divisions.
In 2010, Gen Nyamwasa and Mr Karegeya formed a new opposition party - the Rwanda National Congress.
BBC
