Murder mystery after doctor’s body found
THE body of a Rwandan doctor murdered in Cape Town is suspected to have lain undiscovered for up to 11 days.
The Rwandan ambassador in South Africa‚ Vincent Karega‚ said the last time Raymond Dusabe‚ 40‚ was in contact with the owner of the flat in Beach Road‚ Sea Point‚ was on December 28 via WhatsApp.
The owner was in Canada for the holidays.
Western Cape police spokesman Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana said after the discovery of the body on Monday, a 29- year-old suspect had been arrested and is due to appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court today.
A source said the man was arrested after the police flying squad traced Dusabe’s car‚ which had been stolen after he was hit over the head with a blunt object in his flat.
Karega said he had no idea of the motive for the murder. “We really don’t know if he was tracked by somebody malicious. We have no clue.”
Dusabe was a gynaecological oncologist who worked at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali. He was spending the holidays in Cape Town.
Karega said the doctor’s brother and sister were flying to Cape Town and would decide whether to repatriate the body or bury him in South Africa.
The alarm was raised by neighbours at Bantry Place who noticed a bad smell from the flat.