Lieutenant General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa was a Rwandan Army former Chief of Staff who fled to South Africa in February 2010 after a falling out with Rwandan president Paul Kagame. In June 2010 he was shot and wounded in Johannesburg.
Nyamwasa had formerly been head of Rwandan intelligence.
He had also served as Rwanda's ambassador to India
Nyamwasa was shot in the stomach in South Africa in June 2010.Several people arrested after the shooting were found to be Rwandan. Nyamwasa's wife stated that the attack was politically motivated. According to Al-Jazeera reported that "Rosette said they were in the parking lot of their home and a man came to the side of the car with a pistol and shot at her husband who managed to get out of the car and then there was a scuffle. The driver of the car then chased the assailant away
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