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2 Genocide Suspects Extradited to Rwanda From Netherlands

by Associated Press

   KIGALI, RWANDA --

   Two Rwandan men accused of participating in the 1994 genocide against
   Tutsis arrived Saturday in Kigali, Rwanda, following their extradition
   from the Netherlands, a Rwandan official said.

   Jean-Claude Iyamuremye, 40, and Jean Baptiste Mugimba, 57, were handed
   over to Rwandan authorities by Dutch officials at Kigali International
   Airport.

   Richard Muhumuza, Rwanda's prosecutor-general, told The Associated
   Press in Kigali that the suspects were considered to have played a key
   role in the Rwandan genocide, in which over 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and
   moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists.

   Their extradition followed a Dutch court decision that rejected their
   appeals; the two had contended that they would face torture if they
   were forced to return to Kigali. Both suspects have maintained their
   innocence.