jMali
JF-Expert Member
- Nov 9, 2010
- 8,375
- 4,888
In an interview, Mr. Twagiramungu said Belgian police and state security services arrived at his home near Brussels on April 4 to inform him that his life was in imminent danger just two days after Mr. Kagame and his delegation were in the Belgian capital for a summit with the European Union and African Union.
He said Belgiums head of state security alerted him to the urgent threat and dispatched eight police officers in four vehicles, one of them armoured, to his home. The police provided surveillance around his residence until April 8, at which time the threat was considered much lower.
Mr. Twagiramungu said Belgian authorities did not explain the nature of these threats. They only told me that they were informed about the threat by a third country, he said. They talked emotionally. They said this was very serious. I started fearing what could happen to me. I have to be very careful.
A Belgian police inspector in charge of the Twagiramungu case, Jean-François Goldian, confirmed the threat against the Rwandan politician but said he could not divulge any more details.
Ive sent everything [to the prosecutor] and cannot say more, Mr. Goldian said in an interview.
Mr. Twagiramungu was the first prime minister of Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. He resigned in 1995, fled the country and returned in 2003 to contest the presidential election. He ran as an independent because his party was banned and his campaign managers were arrested. After the election, he fled Rwanda again.
source: Rwandan dissident in Belgium warned of suspected targeted attack - The Globe and Mail
He said Belgiums head of state security alerted him to the urgent threat and dispatched eight police officers in four vehicles, one of them armoured, to his home. The police provided surveillance around his residence until April 8, at which time the threat was considered much lower.
Mr. Twagiramungu said Belgian authorities did not explain the nature of these threats. They only told me that they were informed about the threat by a third country, he said. They talked emotionally. They said this was very serious. I started fearing what could happen to me. I have to be very careful.
A Belgian police inspector in charge of the Twagiramungu case, Jean-François Goldian, confirmed the threat against the Rwandan politician but said he could not divulge any more details.
Ive sent everything [to the prosecutor] and cannot say more, Mr. Goldian said in an interview.
Mr. Twagiramungu was the first prime minister of Rwanda in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide. He resigned in 1995, fled the country and returned in 2003 to contest the presidential election. He ran as an independent because his party was banned and his campaign managers were arrested. After the election, he fled Rwanda again.
source: Rwandan dissident in Belgium warned of suspected targeted attack - The Globe and Mail