An exiled Rwandan former military chief of staff was wounded in an attack in South Africa in what his wife said was a Rwanda-backed assassination attempt, a charge denied by Rwanda's authorities, the BBC reported on Sunday.
Lt Gen Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, a critic of Rwanda's president, remained in a critical condition after being shot outside his Johannesburg home, the BBC said.
Rosette Nyamwasa said it was an assassination attempt as the lone gunman had made no demand for money or goods before shooting her husband in the stomach. Lt Gen Nyamwasa has been undergoing surgery in a Johannesburg clinic, the BBC reported.
A BBC Africa analyst said that since leaving Kigali in February, Lt Gen Nyamwasa had been a thorn in the flesh of President Paul Kagame, whom the former army chief of staff accuses of corruption.
MOSCOW, June 20 (RIA Novosti)
