Rwandan immigrant charged with genocide

[uppityperson]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060810/ap_on_re_af/netherlands_rwanda_war_crimes

A Rwandan immigrant accused of ordering the killing of Tutsis dragged out of an ambulance during the 1994 genocide has been arrested and charged with war crimes and torture, a prosecution spokeswoman said Thursday.
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Prosecutors identified the man only as 38-year-old Joseph M. and said he was a brother of another man, identified as Obed R., who has been convicted of genocide by an international tribunal for Rwanda and sentenced to 25 years.

"Witnesses have testified that M. played a role in several attacks on Tutsis in Mugonero in the Kibuye region," the Dutch national prosecutor's office said. "He is alleged to have ordered the killing of Tutsis that were dragged out of an ambulance."

The suspect, who was arrested Monday in Amsterdam and briefly appeared before a court in
The Hague on Thursday, will be tried in the Netherlands. If convicted, he faces a maximum life sentence, said prosecution spokeswoman Desiree Leppens....(more@link)

I am glad they are still locating and prosecuting these people.

[Heidi]

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Thank you,

Heidi
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