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French judge in Arusha to probe 1994 plane crash

A French judge investigating the April 1994 plane crash that killed former Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira and triggered the genocide, is currently in Arusha to interview genocide suspects held by the ICTR, the Hirondelle news agency reported. It cited informed sources as saying Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière arrived on Monday and was expected to interview six suspects. A French court has mandated Bruguière to conduct an international inquiry into the downing of the plane, on behalf of the families of three French crew who also died in the crash.

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