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Genocide suspect arrested in Tanzania

The Tanzanian authorities - acting on a warrant from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) - on Monday arrested genocide suspect, Mikaeli Muhimana, in Dar es Salaam. According to an ICTR press release, Muhimana - a former councillor in Gishyita commune, Kibuye prefecture - is charged with having conspired to kill Tutsis in Kibuye and to have participated in attacks on Bisesero hill where thousands of Tutsis sought refuge in 1994. Muhimana has been transferred to the ICTR detention facilities in Arusha.


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