22 years after Rwandan genocide, two alleged instigators extradited from the Netherlands
Two suspects in connection to the genocide that rocked Rwanda 22years ago have been caught.
Jean-Claude Iyamuremye and Jean-Baptiste Mugimba have been hiding in the Netherlands since the devastating incident until they were extradited to Rwanda yesterday, November 12.
In September 2013, the Rwandan government requested that the Dutch government extradite Iyamuremye, who had sought asylum in the country for almost 20 years with his wife and children. He was arrested by the Dutch police in July 2013 in response to the request.
Iyamuremye is suspected of having been a leader of an Interahamwe militia who masterminded multiple killings during the genocide.
Mugimba, a Hutu extremist believed to have masterminded the planning and execution of the Tutsis in 1994, was arrested at his home in January 2014, having fled to the Netherlands in 1999, where he was reunited with his family which was already living there.
Both men have now been extradited to Rwanda and will face trial for their alleged involvement in the Tutsi manslaughter.
END OF THE ROAD – Netherlands extradites 2 #genocide suspects Jean-Baptiste Mugimba & Jean-Claude Iyamuremye – VIDEO via @DanielSabiiti pic.twitter.com/IbkKoc9N1z
— Fred Mwasa (@mwasa) November 12, 2016
The Rwandan genocide happened when members of the Hutu majority government waged a tribal war against the Tutsi. An estimated 500,000–1,000,000 Rwandans, mostly comprising of the Tutsi, were killed during the 100-day period from April 7 to mid-July 1994.
