Swedish Police Arrest Alleged Perpetrator in 1994 Rwandan Genocide

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
24
Issue: 
10
Abstract: 
"On July 19, 2008, police in Stockholm, Sweden arrested Sylvere Ahorugeze, the former Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority, for his alleged role in masterminding the 1994 genocide. According to the Rwandan Ambassador to Sweden, Mr. Ahorugeze had accompanied his wife to the embassy, so that she could obtain a Rwandan passport and a new identity card. John Bosco Mutangana, who is in charge of the Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit, said Ahorugeze is accused of participating in the killing of hundreds of Tutsis especially in Gikondo, a Kigali City suburb...[more]"