“RCS regrets to inform the public about the death of Nsegiyumva Jotham who was a convict at Nyanza Prison. He was shot on Sunday 28th January 7:00pm trying to escape from the prison. He was serving a life sentence on cases of treason and forming armed group,” RCS said in a tweet.
Speaking to IGIHE, the RCS spokesperson, CIP Hillary Sengabo said that Nsengiyumva broke the prison and RCS officers saw him while running off and shot him. He died instantly. He said that RCS officers found that the deceased had a knife.
Sengabo said that they are going to intensify sensitization in prisons so that inmates would avoid involving in breaking prisons. Nsengiyumva was among a group of 14 people who were convicted of conniving with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a terror group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in illegal possession and proliferation of weapons and murder.
In December, 2014 while appearing before Musanze Intermediate court, Nsengiyumva pleaded guilty and said that the plot was being funded by former Northern Province Governor Aimé Bosenibamwe, though Bosenibamwe denied the allegations.
In March, 2015, Nsengiyumva and 11 accomplices were convicted and given separate sentences while two suspects were found innocent.
RCS said that further investigations are being conducted to identify the details of the incident.
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