Nyamagabe bus shooting | |
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Location | Nyamagabe, Southern Province, Rwanda |
Coordinates | 2°23′15″S 29°27′03″E / 2.3876°S 29.4509°E |
Date | 18 June 2022 |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
Deaths | 2 |
Injured | 6 |
Perpetrators | Rwanda Movement for Democratic Change (suspected) |
On 18 June 2022, a public passenger bus was attacked in Nyamagabe District, Southern Province, Rwanda, killing two people.
The bus was driving on the road between Nyambage and Rusizi, crossing through the Nyungwe Forest, [1] in the Kitabi sector of Nyamagabe. [2] The perpetrators stormed the bus and killed the bus driver, then shot and killed a passenger, managing to injure six other passengers. [3] Rwandan authorities described the attackers as "armed thugs" and suspected the armed FLN wing of the rebel Rwanda Movement for Democratic Change (RMDC) of responsibility. [1] [4] The FLN had previously carried out terrorist attacks in Rwanda in 2018 and 2019, [5] which together killed nine people. [1]