France finally detains Rwandan genocide suspects

[Ian David]

Afrol News, 20 July - Two Rwandan citizens accused of participating in the 1994 genocide and residing in France have finally been detained and will be tried by the special Rwandan genocide court in Arusha, shortly before that court's time is running out. The French judiciary has resisted their arrest since 1995.

Wenceslas Munyeshyaka - a Catholic priest - and Laurent Bucyibaruta today finally were arrested in France. The two are accused of grave crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, where an estimated 900,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered. The two Rwandan nationals have been living and working in France since 1995.

Father Munyeshyaka has been wanted since 1995, when accusations against him surfaced among genocide survivors. A military tribunal in Rwanda in November last year convicted Mr Munyeshyaka in absentia to life in prison after having found him guilty of having delivered hundreds of adults and children to the genocidal militias, which brutally slaughtered them. He was also found guilty of raping several young girls and women before handing them over to their henchmen.

Mr Bucyibaruta, for his sake, served as Prefect in Rwanda's Gikongoro province. As the prefecture's top leader, he is accused of direct and public incitement to commit genocide, genocide, complicity to extermination and murders constituting crimes against humanity.

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[Posteritatis]

1. Gee, guys, don't feel rushed or anything.. (nt)