In interviews with Human Rights Watch, FNL combatants and JPH members acknowledged that their forces in Kinama had killed Nkunzwenimana.[57] One explained, “The FNL looked for him because he knew many of their secrets. That’s why they shot him.”[58] FNL spokesperson Habimana denied responsibility, and an FNL combatant familiar with the case said that the killers had likely acted on their own initiative to settle scores.[59]