Kigali residents decry rise in petty theft despite paying security fees, police patrols

Kigali City residents go about their business. Complaints of petty crime such as snatching of items such as mobile phones in town and break-ins in the suburbs have increased. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA |

With one hour remaining to Christmas, Telesphore Munezero and his family went to bed at around 11pm ready for the big day in the morning, having planned to have a meal together in the morning before they headed out to church.

But what happened in the dead of the night left Munezero and his family traumatised and perhaps experience the worst Christmas in many years.