{"id":68528,"date":"2020-04-04T11:06:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T03:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=68528"},"modified":"2020-04-04T11:07:17","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T03:07:17","slug":"covid-19-rwandan-soldiers-arrested-for-rape-brutalities-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=68528","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Rwandan soldiers arrested for rape, brutalities during lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Victims<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Victims have been talking to military prosecutors about the abuses<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KIGALI, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda\u2019s government has ordered the arrest of five soldiers accused of raping women and brutalizing civilians during the coronavirus lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Residents of a slum in the capital, Kigali accused the soldiers of the sexual abuse as they enforce a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rwanda Defence Force has said it has started investigating the alleged incidences of torture, forced sex and extortion by its officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One victim of rape told reporters that on March 26 an armed soldier forced his way into her home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The said soldier according to the woman beat up her husband and when she tried intervene the soldier raped her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to residents of the Nyarutarama community, the soldiers did not only rape women and beat up male residents but also stole from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver ten women have been subjected into forced sex,\u201d the area leader said adding that the Military authority has been informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lt.Col. Innocent Munyengango the Defence and Military spokesperson told reporters that some culprits have been apprehended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been some casualties from the lockdown in Rwanda with two people reportedly shot dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police said those killed attempted attacking officers when they were caught walking outside and not obeying the lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Rwandans have complained abut the brutalities of some security officers in the wake of the lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rwanda has extended its lockdown further into middle of April hoping that helps to prevent further spread of the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initial two-week lockdown was to end on Saturday, April 4, but will now go through April 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Minister of Health, Dr Daniel Ngamije said the extension will help in tracing people who came in contact with confirmed cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese 15 days will help us trace few remaining people who came into contact with confirmed cases,\u201d he said in an interview with the national broadcaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The country has now recorded 84 cases and was the first in Africa to announce a lockdown. — NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Victims have been talking to military prosecutors about the abuses KIGALI, April 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rwanda\u2019s government has ordered the arrest of five soldiers accused of raping women and brutalizing civilians during the coronavirus lockdown. Residents of a slum in the capital, Kigali accused the soldiers of the sexual abuse as they enforce a nationwide […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":68530,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68528"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/68530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=68528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=68528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}