This afternoon residents of Sonatube at Rukiri 1 in Ubumwe cell were thrown into panic when multiple gunshots rocked the area.
This is a rare incidence.
It was a policeman who was shooting in the air for an unknown reason. Witnesses said that two policemen were as usual on foot patrol in the area.
One of the policemen branched off leaving his colleague behind and entered a compound of nearby church of the Presbyterian sect.He later the shooting began.
IGIHE reporter immediately rushed to the scene and found that a Policeman had entered the compound of Presbyterian Church at Sonatube and began shooting in the air.
An eye witness told IGIHE that “He (policeman) entered and sat in the church compound. He started shooting in the air over five times.
Meanwhile immediately other policemen surrounded the area and approached, asking him to stop shooting .
The shooting policeman demanded that they call ‘someone’ who has not yet been identified. Threatening that if that ‘someone’ doesn’t come he (someone) will be responsible for his life. Fortunately the shooting policeman didn’t take his life.
Later the shooting policeman dismantled the gun into separate parts as a sign to show that he had wasn’t going to shoot again. He was later arrested and taken to an unspecified location.
Our reporter tried to speed towards Remera police station but couldn’t find the shooting policeman nor the Police commander at the station for comment.
Nsengimana Thomas a guard at the church narrated with fear, “When we heard the rapid sound of bullets we got scared.”
Twagizimana Maurice a singer at the church said that he passed the policeman before he began shooting but minutes later he heard gun shots outside the church.
When people came close to the shooting policeman, he told them to leave.
When contacted for comment, Police Spokesperson Supt.Theos Badege remained non committal.
More to follow
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