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Kigali still wants extradition of genocide suspect

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    Rwanda is still pressing for the extradition of genocide suspect, Major Bernard Ntuyahaga, to Kigali after the prosecution at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Tanzania withdrew the charges against him. The Rwanda News Agency quoted Justice Minister Jean de Dieu Mucyo as saying Rwanda had not dropped its request. Belgium is also seeking the extradition of Ntuyahaga - who is now being held by the Tanzanian authorities - in connection with the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers during the 1994 genocide. They were guarding former Rwandan prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana who was also killed. Mucyo stressed that "the crimes he is charged with were committed on Rwandan soil against Rwandans".

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