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Ntuyahaga not acquitted

    NAIROBI

    Meanwhile the ICTR’s registrar, Dr Agwu Ukiwe Okali, on Tuesday sought to clarify the implications of withdrawing the indictment against genocide suspect, Bernard Ntuyahaga, suspected of the murder of former Rwandan premier Agathe Uwilingiyimana and 10 Belgian peacekeepers. He said the decision was a “purely technical affair” and not a comment on Ntuyahaga’s guilt or otherwise. He stressed it was not an acquittal and that Ntuyahaga could be re-arrested. Addressing Rwandan journalists, he compared the decision to Rwanda’s move to free genocide suspects with incomplete files, Hirondelle reported. Both Belgium and Rwanda have filed extradition requests for Ntuyahaga, who has lodged an appeal calling for an immediate stay of execution of the decision and an acquittal.

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