Police in Rwanda shot dead two people who defied the lockdown orders over coronavirus in the country.

The government of Rwanda announced a two-week lockdown order on March 22, 2020 but two men who defied the order were shot dead by the Police who claim the men in their twenties “attempted to tussle with officers,” Rwanda National Police spokesman John Bosco Kabera said by phone Wednesday, Bloomberg reports.

The lockdown order restricts travel between towns and cities and for people to stay indoors.

Rwanda currently has 40 confirmed Covid-19, Coronavirus cases.