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Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in DR Congo
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a former Rwandan mayor for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) said Wednesday.
Gregoire Ndahimana was arrested in the east of the country, an ICTR official said.
Accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, the former mayor of the town of Kivumu is alleged to have played a role in the massacre of more than 1,000 Tutsis who took refuge in the Catholic church in the village of Nyange.
They were buried alive under the rubble when the church was bulldozed.
According to the prosecution, Ndahimana helped prepare the massacre.