France arrests Rwandan genocide suspect

French authorities have arrested a Rwandan fugitive in Toulose, who has been wanted by Rwandan authorities over his role in the 1994 genocide of Tutsis.

Among the charges that Tite Barahira will now face is conspiracy to commit genocide.

His arrest comes as France faces increasing criticism from Rwandan authorities for their failure to arrest and prosecute genocide suspects, thought to be sheltering in the country.

See our earlier posts:

Prosecutor-General criticises France over genocide suspects (22 January 2013)

Rwanda threatens to take France to court over Genocide suspects (27 December 2012)

France criticised for sheltering Rwandan genocide suspects (17 December 2012)

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