Rwanda: Two Shot Dead For Going Against Lockdown Rules

After confirming up to 40 cases of Coronavirus, and warning residents to remain indoors, the Rwandan police shot and killed two people who defied lockdown orders.

The two men in their twenties “attempted to tussle with officers,” Rwanda National Police spokesman John Bosco Kabera said by phone Wednesday, Bloomberg reports.

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Rwanda began a two-week lockdown on March 22, restricting travel between towns and cities and asking people to stay indoors to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Its measures are among the most stringent in Africa.