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Six genocide suspects acquitted

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    Six genocide suspects in southern Rwanda’s Gikongoro prison were acquitted after “residents emphasised they did not commit crimes levelled against them”. Rwandan radio said the six were among 13 people presented to the residents in Karaba district “so as to gather evidence from the public”. “The rest seven were accused by the people to have had a role in genocide and crimes against humanity,” the radio noted. It said the procedure was in the justice ministry’s policy to publicly try suspects without complete files. The procedure was expected to continue on Tuesday in Rukondo in Gikongoro prefecture.

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