{"id":617,"date":"2021-08-25T16:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T16:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/body-of-rwandan-national-24-recovered-by-canadian-police"},"modified":"2021-08-25T16:44:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T16:44:42","slug":"body-of-rwandan-national-24-recovered-by-canadian-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/body-of-rwandan-national-24-recovered-by-canadian-police","title":{"rendered":"Body of Rwandan national, 24, recovered by Canadian police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Rwanda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The body of Steve Nkusi, a Rwandan national who drowned in a lake last weekend was recovered by Canadian police on Tuesday, August 23. The body was recovered in Lake Ontario where the 24-year-old is believed to have drowned while celebrating a birthday on a boat.<\/p>\n

According to family sources, after the Canadian police discovered the body, it was transported to a Canadian Coast Guard Station in St Catherines from where he was positively identified by his family.<\/p>\n

The body has since been transferred to the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto, for a post-mortem and positive identification. According to witness accounts, Nkusi jumped into water for a swim in the lake while celebrating a friend\u2019s birthday on a rented boat. He was with other friends.<\/p>\n

According to sources, Nkusi was a very active member within the Rwandan community living in Canada where was key in organising key events that involved the community including fashion and sport.<\/p>\n

Nkusi has been a Canadian athlete who completed bachelors in commerce at the University of Ottawa. He was born to Rwandan parents in Kigali, Rwanda and had moved to Canada for studies.<\/p>\n

Nkusi went missing in the water at Sunset Beach in St. Catharines on Saturday. He was on a boat with a group of people, when he went into the water, and never re-surfaced. His family said that he was celebrating a friend’s birthday on a rented boat where he jumped into water for swimming and never made it back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. The body of Steve Nkusi, a Rwandan national who drowned in a lake last weekend was recovered by Canadian police on Tuesday, August 23. The body was recovered in Lake Ontario where the 24-year-old is believed to have drowned while celebrating a birthday on a boat. 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