The cowherds respectively aged 19, 24 and 20 have been seized in Bisizi cell, Nyakiriba sector of Rubavu district.
The executive secretary of Nyakiriba sector Bosco Tuyishime said they are going to tighten security to prevent such thefts.
“They have been caught butchering the cow. Similar cases were common five months ago but we are going to tighten security. We have handed the culprits to Rwanda Investigation Bureau, Kanzenze station,” he said.
The survey conducted by Western Province placed Rubavu on top of districts where a large number of Girinka cows were stolen in 12 years; 134 of 233 cows stolen in Western Province were from Rubavu district.
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