The spokesman for leading Rwandan opposition politician Victoire Ingabire was found dead on Sunday, the Rwanda Investigation Bureau has reported.
It was not immediately clear how 30-year-old Anselme Mutuyimana died but Rwandan authorities said they were investigating.
“The investigation has started. No suspects so far,” said Modeste Mbabazi, spokesman of the Rwanda Investigation Bureau.
STRANGULATION
Mr Mutuyimana’s elder brother, Augustin Tubanambazi, reportedly said the body had no visible wounds but that there was blood in the mouth.
However, a press statement by the United Democratic Forces party said the victim was strangled and the body found dumped in a forest.
“There is a strong suspicion that he was waylaid by criminals who killed and dumped him in the forest. According to those who saw the body, he died of strangulation, a technique of killing that has become common in Rwanda and in the murders of Rwandan dissidents abroad,” the statement said.
“There is a strong suspicion that he was waylaid by criminals who killed and dumped him in the forest. According to those who saw the body, he died of strangulation, a technique of killing that has become common in Rwanda and in the murders of Rwandan dissidents abroad,” the statement said.