Rwandan dissident Robert Kabera buried without his head in Uganda
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Zambianobserver
Robert Kabera, a former Rwandan soldier and critic of Paul Kagame, was buried in Uganda without his head, which was found separately after his death. His mutilated body was discovered on 17 October in an eucalyptus plantation in Luwala, Uganda’s Mpigi District, while investigators are still seeking a motive.
Robert Kabera, a former sergeant major in the Rwandan army and critic of President Paul Kagame, was buried in Uganda on Wednesday without his head, which was missing after his decapitated body was found on 17 October in an eucalyptus plantation in Luwala, in Mpigi District, Zambianobserver reports. He was 50.
Investigators have not yet established the identity of the killers or the motive for the crime. The authorities have confirmed no link between Robert Kabera’s criticism of the Rwandan government and his death, and there is currently no evidence connecting the murder to the Rwandan government or a political actor, according to Zambianobserver.
The burial comes after Ugandan police opened an investigation on 19 October and while no suspect had yet been identified on 20 October, according to the Ugandan police investigation and its report on the absence of a suspect.
