The grenade was found on Monday, April 10, 2023, during the ongoing rehabilitation and expansion of Bigogwe Genocide Memorial.
It is said that worked noticed it while flattening the ground but there were no reported casualties or injuries resulting from the discovery.
Faustin Nkurunziza, the executive secretary of Kanzenze Sector, has confirmed this information to IGIHE.
After being alerted, security authorities promptly defused the grenade before evacuating it.
It was established that the grenade was an obsolete weapon dating back to the infiltrators’ incursions between 1995-1996, following the Liberation Struggle.
Nkurunziza has further stated that the area was previously used for training of ex-FAR soldiers from the Bigogwe camp.
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