Presidential guard suspects deny evidence
The East African - 1 hour ago
By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The EastAfrican
Posted Saturday, June 21 2014 at 17:48

Right to left, ex-soldiers Joseph Nshimiyimana, Lt Joel Mutabazi and
their lawyer at the military court. Photo/Cyril Ndegeya
IN SUMMARY
The prosecutors presented videos, SMSs, WhatsApp and Skype messages
allegedly retrieved from devices belonging to the suspects.
The three, who prosecutors insist should face trial together because
their charges are linked, denied some of the charges and evidence that
they had earlier accepted, which the prosecution says is a major
setback in the trial.
The trial of former presidential guard Lt Joel Mutabazi and 15 others
on charges of terrorism resumed this week, with military prosecutors
presenting evidence linking the suspects to the Democratic Forces for
the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and Rwanda National Congress (RNC).
Prosecutors sought to prove that Jean Marie Vianney Ngabonziza,
Aminadab Ndyambaje and Innocent Kalisa worked with Lt Mutabazi to
threaten state security and plan terror attacks inside Rwanda.
The prosecutors presented videos, SMSs, WhatsApp and Skype messages
allegedly retrieved from devices belonging to the suspects.
The military tribunal assessed text messages Lt Mutabazi was said to
have exchanged with Joseph Nshimiyimana last year while planning
grenade attacks on Kicukiro market in one of the city's suburbs.
Lt Mutabazi denied having sent the messages that were allegedly
retrieved from Mr Nshimiyimana's phones when he was arrested.
"I have never seen or exchanged messages with anyone, let alone
Nshimiyimana," Lt Mutabazi said after prosecutors read the text
messages aloud.
Mr Nshimiyimana admitted to carrying out the September double attacks,
in which one person died and many others were injured.
Mr Nshiyimana also denied knowledge of the messages.
The three, who prosecutors insist should face trial together because
their charges are linked, denied some of the charges and evidence that
they had earlier accepted, which the prosecution says is a major
setback in the trial.
On Thursday, the court was shown video footage and pictures retrieved
from a laptop belonging to Mr Ngabonziza. He was allegedly a
co-ordinator of FDLR and RNC activities in Kampala, Uganda, where he
was arrested last year, along with Lt Mutabazi.
READ: New twist in Mutabazi trial as Rwanda prosecutors table video
The video showed Mr Ngabonziza with FDLR fighters inside the
Democratic Republic of Congo, assessing the weaponry of the rebel
group and discussing the possibilities of attacking Rwanda.
Mr Ngabonziza, a Ugandan Rwandan, did not deny being in the video or
meeting the FDLR, but insisted that he was a member of the RNC not
FDLR.
He said he took on the RNC co-ordination position because he did not
have a problem or previous history with the current government.
"They [RNC] asked me to do mobilisation for them. These were mere
assignments. Similarly, if I were hired by the government to talk
about the good things they have done, I would do the same," Mr
Ngabonziza said.
"However, I was not working with FDLR. I had taken a message from RNC
to Gen. Ntawugunka 'Omega' Pacifique," he said.
He said the message was from RNC officials, including Col Patrick
Karegeya, a former RNC member who was killed in South Africa last
year, who he said recruited him into the RNC.
Upon recruitment, Mr Ngabonziza said he was promised protection by Mr
Karegeya, who linked him to Uganda People's Defence Forces officer Lt
Col Abel Kandiho.
Lt Col Kandiho, a former commander of the Joint Anti-Terrorism Unit
under the military intelligence, is the current deputy commander of
the Military Police.
The trial continues next week.
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