Two synchronised grenade blasts injured 16 people in the Rwandan capital, and a third unrelated explosion killed one person in the west of the country, police said today.
The explosions in Kigali happened within 10 minutes of each other early yesterday evening , a day after President Paul Kagame sought to quell fears of instability in the central African country, which has tight security after a genocide 16 years ago.
They took place a fortnight after two people died in a similar attack.
"We are still investigating to know if they are coordinated or not and who are the real attackers. We are yet to know if it was the same (people)," police spokesman Eric Kayiranga said.
The third grenade exploded in western Rwanda near the resort town of Gisenyi yesterday evening and killed one person, but police said it was an accident and unrelated to events in Kigali.
Authorities blamed the previous attacks on former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, who last week resigned as Rwanda's ambassador to India and fled into exile in South Africa. He denies the allegations.
Reuters