The Rwandan Investigation Bureau claims that Denis Kazungu enticed his victims inside his rented house where he then raped, looted, and killed them.
According to the Rwandan Investigation Bureau (RIB), police in Rwanda detained suspected serial killer Denis Kazungu on Tuesday for allegedly killing more than 10 people and dumping their bodies in his kitchen.
According to a statement from the RIB, “he is detained at the Kicukiro RIB station while the investigation continues to determine” the precise “number and identities” of people he killed. Kazungu, 34, could be sentenced to life in jail in Rwanda if he is proven guilty.
Investigators allegedly found the crime after evicting Kazungu from his rental home in the Kicukiro neighbourhood, a suburb of the country’s capital, Kigali.
According to regional media, the suspect didn’t have any neighbours close by, and the nearest people resided about 100 metres away.
The bulk of his victims, who seemed to be sex workers, were enticed to the suspect’s residence, according to investigators, where they were then robbed and killed. According to reports, detectives also discovered men’s bodies.
According to RIB spokesperson Thierry Murangira, “he operated by luring his victims, mostly prostitutes, to his home, where he stole their phones and other personal belongings before strangling them and burying them in a pit dug in his kitchen.”
Murangira further disclosed that Kazungu had been detained earlier in July on suspicion of stealing, raping, robbing, and using threats but was released on bond for want of sufficient proof.
Investigations into his case continued up until his subsequent arrest and house search. “He used to bury those he killed in a pit that the investigators discovered in his kitchen,” Murangira said on Wednesday.
One of Kazungu’s closest neighbours, Irene Mukasine, revealed to the New Times how a “young” woman narrowly avoided being killed by the suspect around two months ago.
The woman ran into Mukasine’s house in the afternoon, naked and with obvious injuries on her body, imploring with her to “hide her because she was going to be killed.” Mukasine claimed she was frightened.
“When I first saw her, I believed I was seeing a devil. I felt such fear. I hurried outside to see what was pursuing her. When he arrived, Kazungu was coming after her. He turned and started walking in the direction of the main road when he saw us,” she allegedly said.
According to Mukasine, the incident was brought to the attention of a local official, who disregarded it as the result of a “mere argument” between Kazungu and a “sex worker.”
