Rwandan security forces kill 19 assailants after deadly national park attack

Rwandan security forces have killed 19 people who were part of a group that carried out a deadly attack in a tourist hub in the north parts of the country on Friday, Euronews quoted a police spokesman as saying.

The assailants, who mostly carried traditional weapons like knives, attacked the Kinigi sector in Musanze district, where the Volcanoes National Park offers tourists the chance to view endangered mountain gorillas.

In a statement on Sunday, police spokesman John Bosco Kabera said security personnel pursuing the attackers had killed 19 of them and also that the death toll from the assault had risen to 14.

“During the act of hunting down those criminals, security organisations have killed 19 people and five others have been captured,” he said, adding that the hunt for the perpetrators was still ongoing.

“The situation has been contained and we thank residents and local officials for collaboration with security organisations.”