There is a growing anxiety in Rwanda over the arrest of the spokesman for leading opposition politician Victoire Ingabire.
Mr Ingabire was found dead on Sunday, the Rwanda Investigation Bureau has reported.
It was not immediately clear how 30-year-old Anselme Mutuyimana died but Rwandan authorities said they were investigating.
“The investigation has started. No suspects so far,” said Modeste Mbabazi, spokesman of the Rwanda Investigation Bureau.
Ms Ingabire is one of the main opposition figures in the country and the President of the United Democratic Forces party. For her, there is no doubt it is a political assassination.
Mr Mutuyimana’s elder brother, Augustin Tubanambazi, reportedly said the body had no visible wounds but that there was blood in the mouth.
However, a press statement by the
United Democratic Forces party said the victim was strangled and the body found
dumped in a forest.
“There is a strong suspicion that he was waylaid by criminals who killed and
dumped him in the forest. According to those who saw the body, he died of
strangulation, a technique of killing that has become common in Rwanda and in
the murders of Rwandan dissidents abroad,” the statement said.