Rwandan opposition politician stabbed to death

Rwandan opposition politician Syridio Dusabumuremyi who was attacked while work and murdered.

A Rwandan opposition party said Tuesday that one of its officials had been stabbed and murdered, fuelling concerns over a string of unsolved killings of its members.

Victoire Ingabire, leader of the unregistered but vocal FDU-Inkingi party, said Syridio Dusabumuremyi had been attacked by two men on Monday night in the shop where she worked.

"Our party deplores the assassination of its national coordinator, Mr Dusabumuremyi. He was savagely stabbed by two individuals this Monday shortly after 9pm," Ingabire said.

NO HOPE OF JUSTICE

"After several unsolved assassinations of our party members, we have no hope that his murder will be fully investigated and solved," she added.

Rwandan police said two suspects had already been detained. "Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder and investigations are ongoing," the Rwanda Investigative Bureau (RIB) said in a statement.

Ingabire's party has lost several members to mysterious deaths and disappearances, which it sees as an attack on dissenting voices in the country.