{"id":2000125959,"date":"2026-09-14T14:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000125959"},"modified":"2026-09-14T14:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:49:26","slug":"one-dies-three-injured-in-illicit-alcohol-brewing-accident-in-rwamagana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/one-dies-three-injured-in-illicit-alcohol-brewing-accident-in-rwamagana\/","title":{"rendered":"One dies, three injured in illicit alcohol brewing accident in Rwamagana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The incident happened in the wee hours of Monday, September 14, 2026, in Kiryango Village, Nkungu Cell, Munyaga Sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Munyaga Sector Executive Secretary Munyentwari Damascene told IGIHE that the four had gone into a forest at night to brew the illicit alcohol for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey went into the forest at night to brew Kanyanga. The drum then exploded. A piece of metal struck one of them, killing him instantly. The other three are being treated at Rwamagana Hospital. They suffered serious burns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Munyentwari warned residents against producing illicit alcohol, which is prohibited in Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said producing illicit alcohol is punishable by law and urged residents to avoid activities that could lead to imprisonment and financial losses for their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe urge residents to sell and consume alcohol that is permitted by Rwandan law. They should stop producing illicit alcohol and other prohibited substances because anyone caught doing so is punished by law. In most cases, they are imprisoned. We urge them to stop and instead consume or sell legally permitted alcohol,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The person who died was a 20-year-old man. The three others, aged 14, 16 and 22, were seriously injured and are receiving treatment at Rwamagana Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The damaged alcohol-brewing drum at the scene of the incident in Rwamagana District.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The incident occurred in Kiryango Village, Nkungu Cell, Munyaga Sector, Rwamagana District, in the early hours of September 14, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One person was killed and three others were seriously injured after a drum exploded while four young men were brewing illicit alcohol known as \u2018Kanyanga\u2019 in Rwamagana District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000125961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000125959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-37","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000125961,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/dsc_3841-3-22a2e.jpg","alt":"","caption":"The incident occurred in Kiryango Village, Nkungu Cell, Munyaga Sector, Rwamagana District, in the early hours of September 14, 2026.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":668,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/dsc_3841-3-22a2e.jpg","width":1000,"height":668},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/dsc_3841-3-22a2e.jpg","width":1000,"height":668},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/dsc_3841-3-22a2e.jpg","width":1000,"height":668},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/dsc_3841-3-22a2e.jpg","width":1000,"height":668},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/09\/dsc_3841-3-22a2e.jpg","width":1000,"height":668}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000125959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000125962,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000125959\/revisions\/2000125962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000125961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000125959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000125959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000125959"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000125959"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000125959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}