The Rwanda Defence Force said it repulsed an attack by a section of FLN militants – an armed wing of Rusesabagina and Nsabimana’s MRCD coalition – near the Burundi border on Sunday night.
A section comprises about 15 fighters.
The country’s military in a statement, said it killed two of the attackers and seized military equipment, including a submachine gun, seven magazines, a tortoise grenade, an antenna of a Motorola radio and two Burundi National Defence Force army uniforms.
The Army said the attackers had reached about 100 metres inside the Rwandan territory, in Rwamisave village, Nyamuzi cell in Bweyeye, RDF said on Monday.
“The enemy assailants retreated back to Burundi across River Ruhwa separating Ruhororo zone in Mabayi commune in Burundi and Bweyeye sector in Rwanda and returned to Kibira Forest where they have bases,” the statement added.
The attack occurred on Sunday, May 23, between 9:15p.m and 9:35p.m, when the militants crossed River Ruhwa along the border with Rwanda’s southern neighbour.
21 people linked to the FLN militia, including its founders Paul Rusesabagina and Callixte Nsabimana, are currently on trial in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.
They have pleaded guilty to a list of charges including terrorism, murder, arson, kidnapping as well as forming, sponsoring and joining a terrorist organisation.
At least nine civilians lost their lives when FLN militia attacked Rwandan villages near the Burundi border between 2018 and 2019.
