KAMPALA — Uganda’s police said on Sunday
that two Ugandans had been killed by Rwandan security forces in an incident
that may escalate the border tension between the two East African countries.
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Elly Maate, police spokesman of Uganda’s Kigezi region,
which borders Rwanda, said the victims had smuggled tobacco to Rwanda.
Maate warned Ugandans to stop using unofficial border
points to enter Rwanda.
"These two Ugandans were shot dead on November 9th
at around 20:00 hours at Tabagwe village in Nyagatare district in Rwanda by
Rwandan security forces on allegations that they were smuggling tobacco into
Rwanda," said Maate.
He said Uganda's border security officials were working
to repatriate the bodies from Rwanda for burial.
The political tension between the two countries climaxed
in February when Rwanda closed its border and blocked all goods from Uganda.
As a result of the closed border, communities near the
border have resorted to smuggling.
Last week, one Rwandan was killed and another injured by
the Rwandan police after they crossed the border to buy food in Uganda.
Maate warned Ugandans to stop using unofficial border
points to enter Rwanda.
"I want to caution our people along the border to
stop doing things that put their lives at risk by entering the country through
porous border points because our security forces can't protect you," he
said.
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