Rwanda genocide leader wanted by Spanish court arrested at Heathrow airport
Wednesday, June 24, 2015 @ 2:46 PM
AN INTELLIGENCE Service boss wanted by the Spanish courts for genocide has been arrested in London, according to the UK foreign office.
General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake, 54, head of State security in Rwanda, was jointly responsible for the deaths of over 800,000 civilians at the hands of Hutu political extremists - mostly members of the Tutsi minority, or more moderate Hutus - in just three months in 1994.
Over the next six years, hundreds of thousands more were murdered by the paramilitary radical Hutus, led by Karake and other high-ranking politicians and members of the Armed Forces.
They included nine Spaniards, which is why the Spanish justice system was able to get involved and issue an arrest warrant for 40 members of the military or top-flight government figureheads, who include Karake, in 2008.
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