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Exiled Rwandan general hospitalised after shooting
Exiled general Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, a once-close ally of President Paul Kagame, is recovering in a South African hospital after being shot Saturday, according to his wife.
AFP - Rwanda's former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa is recovering in hospital after being shot outside his South African home, his wife said Sunday.
"His condition is improving, he has undergone X-rays and the doctors say there is no need to operate," said Rosette Nyamwasa.
Nyamwasa was shot once in the stomach by unknown man as he was entering his home, north of Johannesburg, on Saturday.
He is recovering in intensive care at the private Morningside Clinic.
According to his wife, the man walked around the car to the passenger seat where she believed he wanted to fire another shot but the gun jammed.
Nyamwasa maintains that the shooting was not a random act of crime but an assassination attempt.
"He did not try to steal anything from us, his intention was to shoot and kill him. This is a sure case of attempted assassination," Nyamwasa told AFP.
The gunman escaped after a scuffle with the wounded ex-army chief who got out of the car.
No arrest has been made as police investigate a case of attempted murder.
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NYAMWASA ASSASINATION ATTEMPT
Nyamwasa having been a close ally of Kagame , the attempt on his life has scared even the most ardent supporters of Kagame, to think maybe they are riding on the back of a tiger, and on the return journey they might be in the stomach of the tiger, as falling out with Kagame is a matter of when not if. If a former close friend of Kagames’s life is not safe in exile, how safe is yours within proximity, if you ever hold different views or opinions when Paul changes to Saul?
come on!
I wonder why this is different than any other killings in south africa. One thing I want to say is that if this was an assination attempt it sounds like the shooter wasn't an experienced shooter. First he shot in the stomach, then he runs out when the driver and the victim tried to chase him. Do you really think this was an assination attempt?