Thu, 09 Jan 2014 3:35 PM
The government has on Thursday ordered investigators to speed up a probe into the killing of Rwanda’s former intelligence chief, who was found strangled in a Johannesburg hotel on 1 January.
With police yet to make any arrests nine days after the slaying of Patrick Karegeya, the justice and security ministers “called upon the responsible officials to expedite the investigation”.
The 53-year-old was discovered slumped on a bed by staff at the plush Michelangelo Towers hotel in Johannesburg’s upmarket suburb of Sandton on 1 January.
A bloodied curtain cord and towel were found in a safe in Karegeya’s room, and there have been accusations that Rwandan President Paul Kagame ordered his killing. FULL STORY
