In December 2007 a former SNR agent known as “Bienvenu” confessed in a videotaped interview with a human rights organization to having participated in the August attacks.[181] He claimed the SNR had orchestrated the attacks to frighten the opposition into ending the political deadlock.[182] Bienvenu, who was interviewed shortly after he had survived an attempt on his own life by his own agency, apparently fled Burundi after recording the interview. His statement led to no new investigations, and no one was ever prosecuted for the attacks.[183]