Rwanda’s ‘Most Wanted Man’ Arrested By Interpol Over 1994 Genocide

Family photographs of some of those who died in the 1994
Rwanda genocide. Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

Interpol agents arrested a Rwandan with a $5m bounty on his
head who is among the most wanted for the 1994 genocide, officials said on
Thursday.

Ladislas Ntaganzwa was arrested in the eastern Congo city of
Goma late on Monday, according to John Bosco Siboyintore, head of the genocide
tracking unit at Rwanda’s Public Prosecution Authority, and Richard Muhumuza,
Rwanda’s prosecutor general.

Ntaganzwa is among the nine most-wanted fugitives in the
1994 Rwanda genocide which killed more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate
Hutus, Siboyintore said.

The UN’s international criminal tribunal for Rwanda sought
Ntaganzwa to answer charges related to participation in genocide and incitement
to commit genocide.

Ntaganzwa allegedly carried out these acts as mayor of
Nyakizu. The ICTR closed its proceedings last week after nearly 20 years of
pursuing and prosecuting genocide suspects and transferred Ntaganzwa’s case to
Rwanda.

Muhumuza said the country has started extradition
proceedings for Ntaganzwa to stand trial in Rwanda.