SAfrica pegs foreigners for shooting Rwandan exile

[July 02, 2010]  JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- South Africa's foreign ministry says foreign "security operatives" were involved in the shooting of an exiled Rwandan general.

Foreign Ministry official Ayanda Ntsaluba told South Africa's Press Association that the shooting of Lt. General Kayumba Nyamwasa last month near his Johannesburg home involved a "country with which we have good and strong diplomatic relations."

Nyamwasa, a critic of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, survived the shooting. Rwanda has denied involvement.

Authorities are holding four suspects from Tanzania, Somalia and Mozambique.

Kagame reportedly sees his former military chief as a political rival. Rwanda has accused Nyamwasa of trying to destabilize their government. Nyamwasa has received asylum in South Africa.

[Associated Press]

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