Denis Kazungu

Denis Kazungu is a Rwandan serial killer who murdered 14 people, most of whom were women. At the time of his arrest, he ran a motorcycle spare parts shop.

Murders From April 2022 until the day of his arrest, Kazungu rented a house in Gashikiri, in the Kanombe sector of Kicukiro District, where he lured his victims. At least three women were able to escape from the house. Neighbours informed Mutwarasibo, a local leader, but the events were dismissed as mere disputes between Kazungu and sex workers. Two days later, it was announced that fourteen bodies had been found in a hole in the kitchen of his home he rented. When Kazungu was arrested, he stated that he lured his victims from a bar to his home then raped, robbed and murdered them. Kazungu was sentenced to life imprisonment on 8 March 2024.

On 18 March 2025, Kazungu's defence team filed an appeal, claiming that their client should have been given a more lenient sentence on account of his full cooperation with authorities and apparent remorse, which they cited as a mitigating factor. The High Court in Kigali rejected the appeal on 11 July, upholding the life sentence.