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Denmark to extradite genocide suspect

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    Denmark on Tuesday decided it would extradite a genocide suspect to Arusha, Tanzania, to face charges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), news agencies reported. The suspect, Innocent Sagahutu, a former captain in Rwanda’s army during the 1994 genocide, was arrested last month in Denmark on an ICTR extradition request, the Associated Press (AP) said. Sagahutu, 38, is charged with crimes against humanity, including mass rape, and is suspected to have been involved in the killing of 10 Belgian peacekeepers, it reported. Denmark’s justice ministry determined that Sagahutu’s extradition would not violate Danish law despite his legal status as a political refugee, AP said, adding that Sagahutu had appealed the ruling.

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