Worshippers belong to eight different churches.
Thirty-three people were on Tuesday, May 11, arrested in Mbuye Sector of Ruhango District for holding a prayer gathering contrary to the government directives on preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The religious service was led by one Fortunee Mukankusi, 61, also arrested.
Police and local leaders found the group at about 5pm, congregating in a forest located in Gisanga Village, Gisanga Cell, Mbuye Sector.
Worshippers belong to eight different churches; Catholic, Anglican, Seventh Day Adventist, Methodist, Presbyterian, pentecostal, Goshen and Islam.
They had come from different sectors in three districts; Ruhango (Mbuye, Ntongwe, Kinazi), Muhanga (Shyogwe) and Kamonyi (Nyamiyaga, Nyarubaka).
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