A Rwandan man, who was arrested in Norway for crimes he allegedly committed during the East African nation’s\u00a01994 genocide, has been repatriated, a spokesperson for Rwanda’s prosecutor’s office said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Fran\u00e7ois Gasana, who was a student during the genocide in which more than 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were systematically massacred by Hutu extremists, was arrested in Norway in 2022.<\/p>\n
Norwegian police announced in March that he would be\u00a0sent back to Rwanda\u00a0after a court said conditions for his extradition had been met.<\/p>\n
Faustin Nkusi, spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office, confirmed his arrival in Kigali, adding that Gasana was accused of killing a child during the genocide and inciting others to participate in the killings.<\/p>\n
“The crimes we are charging him (with) are crimes of genocide,” Nkusi told journalists at Kigali’s airport after Gasana’s arrival.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately known whether Gasana had secured legal representation, and he was not allowed to speak to journalists.<\/p>\n
Photos published in Rwandan media showed police officers escorting Gasana from the plane that flew him from Norway.<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which was set up in Tanzania in late 1994 to try the masterminds of the genocide, closed in 2015 after convicting 61 suspects.<\/p>\n
Other prominent suspects have since been captured around the world following decades on the run, and Rwanda’s own internal justice system has handled nearly 2 million cases.<\/p>\n
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