{"id":55569,"date":"2025-09-10T13:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/two-arrested-after-wall-collapse-kills-eight-in-nyamasheke\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:06:13","slug":"two-arrested-after-wall-collapse-kills-eight-in-nyamasheke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/two-arrested-after-wall-collapse-kills-eight-in-nyamasheke\/","title":{"rendered":"Two arrested after wall collapse kills eight in Nyamasheke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The incident occurred on September 9, 2025, at around 11 a.m., when laborers were reinforcing a retaining wall built to hold back soil. Some workers were positioned beneath the wall, while others were adding soil on top when it suddenly gave way.<\/p>\n<p>Security officials, local authorities, and the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) arrived swiftly at the scene to provide reassurance and launch investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Nyamasheke District Mayor, Narcisse Mupenzi, confirmed the arrests, saying: \u201c Ongoing investigation has led to the arrest of two individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suspects are reported to be the site engineer and supervisor. Sources indicate that 13 injured workers including eight in critical condition were transferred to Kibogora Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Belyse Uwingabiye, human resources manager at DNG Ltd, the company contracted to build the plant, said about 50 employees had been working on the wall at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Florien Ndahayo, the lead mason on site, described the incident as a tragic accident, noting that the wall had been built in line with soil test results and the approved design.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94228\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/babiri_batawe_muri_yombi_nyuma_y_impanuka_yahitanye_abantu_8_mu_karere_nyamasheke-7ea38.jpg\" alt=\"Two people have been arrested in Nyamasheke District after a retaining wall collapsed at the construction site of the Nyirahindwe I hydropower plant, killing eight workers and injuring 13 others.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94229\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/uru_rugomero_rwari_rumaze_imyaka_2_rwubakwa-9b08b.jpg\" alt=\"Construction works have been going on for two years.  \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two people have been arrested in Nyamasheke District after a retaining wall collapsed at the construction site of the Nyirahindwe I hydropower plant, killing eight workers and injuring 13 others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000094227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","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":2000094227,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/babiri_batawe_muri_yombi_nyuma_y_impanuka_yahitanye_abantu_8_mu_karere_nyamasheke-7ea38.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/babiri_batawe_muri_yombi_nyuma_y_impanuka_yahitanye_abantu_8_mu_karere_nyamasheke-7ea38.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/babiri_batawe_muri_yombi_nyuma_y_impanuka_yahitanye_abantu_8_mu_karere_nyamasheke-7ea38.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/babiri_batawe_muri_yombi_nyuma_y_impanuka_yahitanye_abantu_8_mu_karere_nyamasheke-7ea38.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/babiri_batawe_muri_yombi_nyuma_y_impanuka_yahitanye_abantu_8_mu_karere_nyamasheke-7ea38.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/babiri_batawe_muri_yombi_nyuma_y_impanuka_yahitanye_abantu_8_mu_karere_nyamasheke-7ea38.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55569","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=55569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000094227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55569"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55569"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}