France Arrests Rwanda Genocide Suspect on Interpol Red Notice

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Saturday, March 1, 2008
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
24
Issue: 
3
Abstract: 
On January 9, 2008, French prosecutor Richard Bometon announced the arrest in Toulouse of Marcel Bivugabagabo, 53, a former Rwandan army officer suspect of participating in the country’s 1994 genocide. Bometon said the arrest was made on the basis of Interpol transmitting his file. According to a Rwandan official, Bivugabagabo is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity which he allegedly committed in the former Northern Ruhengeri province where he was an army commander...[more]