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| Kizito Mihigo |
Once popular Rwandan Gospel singer, who shocked the
country when he was arrested in 2014 and charged with plotting to kill the
president and top government leaders, has died at the age of 38.
Kizito Mihigi is suspected to have committed suicide
while in detention, the police said on Monday, three days after he was
rearrested attempting to flee the country.
The musician was being held in solitary confinement at
the Rwanda Investigative Bureau (RIB) Station in Remera in the capital Kigali,
where he was found hanging in a cell.
“He was found hanging by an officer in the morning on
Monday. He used the bedsheets that he was sleeping on to hang himself.
Preliminary investigations show that he hanged himself on the window of his
cell, but more investigations are being conducted,” Ms Marie Michelle Umuhoza,
RIB spokesperson told The EastAfrican.
Police confirmed his arrest on Friday last week, a day
after media reports said he had been intercepted on his way to Burundi through
a porous border.
Police said that Mihigo was being investigated for
bribery and for attempting to join rebel groups.
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