A commuter bus tout has been injured by his mate with a razorblade tearing his face due to a dispute over frw100 coin. The incident happened at Sonatube bus stop stage at Kicukiro.
Jean d’Amour Habanabakize, 28 like other touts that work at the Bus stop stage earns Frw 100 for every commuter bus they fill with passengers.
Habanabakize said, “When a bus approached the bus stop stage, we scrambled for passengers wooing them into the bus however, the scuffle resulted into the bus leaving without passengers entering in it.”
He admits that that cruel action was from all the daytime dispute and he waited until dark.
He said, “After the fight which occurred during the day, I went home and returned in the evening thinking that all is over; suddenly, an unrecognized person crushed me in the face with a razor blade and nearly killed me.”
Habanabakize says that he has a problem of the payment for after being wounded, he was taken to CHUK.
He says, “I thought the guy would pay for my treatment he was provisionally freed without any contribution.”
Me Furaha Mbaraga, a lawyer, says that the suspect could not keep busy with the treatment for there is no proof of guilt for him.
“He would better follow the proceedings of his trial, otherwise provisional releasing does not mean the suspect is frank,” Me Mbaraga said.
He added that once the suspect is proved guilty, he will be punished by the law besides paying all the money you spent at the hospital.
Habanabakize says he is worried about the hospital debt worth Frw 39, 416 he consumed within three days he spent at hospital. He says he has no health insurance (mituelle de Sante).
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