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Former army officer’s extradition case postponed

    NAIROBI
    A Tanzanian court on Monday postponed to September the hearing of an extradition case against former Rwandan army officer, Bernard Ntuyahaga, after his lawyer failed to bring witnesses from Europe for lack of money, the Hirondelle news agency reported. Ntuyahaga is wanted by the Rwandan government for his alleged role in the murder of former prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and 10 Belgian UN peacekeepers on 7 April, 1994, in Kigali. The lawyer said he could not afford to pay the air fares for some eight to 10 witnesses “because of high rates”. Kisutu resident magistrate, Projestus Rugazia, granted an adjournment to 17 September when the defence witnesses are expected to testify for one week. Ntuyahaga was released by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on technical grounds on 18 March, 1999, but was re-arrested by the Tanzanian authorities the same day, on immigration charges and for consideration of the extradition requests.

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