{{Kampala }} ({ {{AFP})}} -{ Police in Uganda said Friday they had questioned a Rwandan journalist over allegations he threatened a colleague working with the BBC because of the broadcaster’s “negative stories”.}
Police said the Kampala-based bureau chief for The New Times, a Rwandan government newspaper, had been questioned but released without charge pending further investigations.
“We called in Gashegu Muramira after receiving a complaint from the BBC journalist, Ignatius Bahizi, that he had been threatened” by several people, including Gashegu, “for what they claim to have been negative stories on Rwanda,” Ugandan police spokesman Fred Enanga told AFP.
“We have recorded statements, and investigations are on going,” he added.
Speaking to AFP, Gashegu rejected the accusations: “I know Bahizi as a colleague and we have shared news tips and our relationship has been cordial. I was surprised by these allegations,” he said.
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