Rwanda Nationwide Police (RNP) has warned the general public towards stealing from automobiles concerned in street accidents after 10 individuals had been arrested for allegedly looting cement from a truck that crashed in Kigali.
The suspects had been arrested following an accident involving a SINO TRUCK carrying 700 cement baggage from Northern Province to Kigali within the early hours of Could 28.
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The truck reportedly veered off the street in Nzove Cell, Kanyinya Sector, Nyarugenge District, after the motive force failed to barter a bend. He sustained severe accidents and was taken to the College Instructing Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) for remedy.
As a substitute of serving to the injured driver, some residents who gathered on the scene allegedly stole cement baggage from the truck and commenced promoting them, in keeping with police.
Police spokesperson within the Metropolis of Kigali CIP Wellars Gahonzire instructed The New Instances that officers responded instantly after receiving experiences of the accident and launched an operation to recuperate the stolen cement baggage and apprehend these accountable.
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“Up to now, 84 cement baggage have been recovered, and 10 suspects have been arrested. They’re being held at Kanyinya Police Station pending additional investigations,” Gahonzire stated.
The police spokesperson within the Metropolis of Kigali condemned the apply of looting at accident scenes, saying it undermines efforts to help victims and constitutes a prison offence.
“Some individuals reached the scene and, as an alternative of serving to the injured driver, engaged in theft. Such actions are neither humane nor lawful,” he stated.
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Gahonzire urged residents to uphold Rwanda’s tradition of serving to individuals in misery and to prioritise rescuing accident victims reasonably than exploiting emergencies for private achieve.
