{"id":41621,"date":"2020-07-01T09:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T09:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-asks-burundi-explanation-on-nyaruguru-attack\/"},"modified":"2020-07-03T13:17:46","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T13:17:46","slug":"rwanda-asks-burundi-explanation-on-nyaruguru-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-asks-burundi-explanation-on-nyaruguru-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda asks Burundi explanation on Nyaruguru attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At about 0020hrs, on the 27 June, about 100 unidentified people holding machine guns, rockets, among other weapons, attacked people of Yanze IDP Model Village located 1 km away from Burundi border.<\/p>\n<p>RDF statement reads:  \u201cThe gunmen attacked from Burundi and they fled back in the same direction.<\/p>\n<p>When running back, this group left four assailants killed, 3 captured and military equipment and dry rations marked \u201cFORCE DE DEFENSE NATIONALE DU BURUNDI\u201d were seized<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Rwanda wrote to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Burundi requesting for an explanation regarding the attack by unidentified attackers from Burundi and urged the Government of Burundi to take all necessary measures so that those guilty of that criminal act, who withdrew to Burundi, be quickly arrested and brought to justice or extradited to Rwanda so they can answer for their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter was sent the same day of the attacks but the Burundian government is yet to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Rwanda\u2019s Military Spokesperson, Lt Col Innocent Munyengango said \u201cWe assure Rwandans that the perpetrators will be prosecuted and identified. We are seeking, through diplomatic channels, reliable information on these attacks that are constantly coming back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On their side, the Burundian army, National Defense Force of Burundi (FDNB) has denied any involvement in the attack, but they neither denied nor confirm the allegations in a statement issued Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurundian soil cannot be a sanctuary for armed groups that attempt to disturb the peace of our neighbors,\u201d said Burundi\u2019s army spokesman Floribert Biyereke<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36043 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2020-06-27_at_12.15.00-2-0ff3a.jpg\" alt=\"Rwanda has asked Burundi for a proper explanation about gunmen with Burundi arms who attacked the RDF defense position at Ruheru sector in Nyaruguru District\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36044 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2020-06-27_at_12.18.00-2-649b7.jpg\" alt=\"This group left four assailants killed, 3 captured and military equipment and dry rations marked \u201cFORCE DE DEFENSE NATIONALE DU BURUNDI\u201d were seized\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-36045 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_imab916-f9371-7d6b6.jpg\" alt=\"The gunmen attacked from Burundi and they fled back in the same direction.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda has asked Burundi for a proper explanation about gunmen with Burundi arms who attacked the RDF defense position at Ruheru sector in Nyaruguru District in Southern Rwanda, which got three Rwanda military injured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[2942],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-41621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-nicole-kamanzi-m"],"bylines":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","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":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2942,"name":"Nicole Kamanzi M.","slug":"nicole-kamanzi-m","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":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41621","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\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41621"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=41621"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=41621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}