Unidentified gunmen kill eight, wound 18 in Rwanda attack

A tragic scene played out in the Rwandan Musanze district’s Kinigi sector, a tourist hub, when a group of unidentified gunmen opened fire and killed at least eight people.

Another 18 were seriously wounded in the incident.

According to local police, the overnight attack at the tourist district located in northern Rwanda near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), took many unaware.

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“Those criminals killed eight people, including six who were killed using traditional weapons and two who were shot dead,” John Bosco Kabera, police spokesman, said in a statement on Saturday.

“18 people were injured and are being attended by doctors,” he added, noting that the search for the attackers was underway.

Police did not say whether any tourists were among those killed during the attack.

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