The five include three former mayors: Emmanuel Nteziryayo (Commune Mudasomwa), Charles Munyaneza, (Commune Kinyamakara) and Celestin Ugirashebuja (Commune Kigoma) — all these areas fall into the current Southern Province.
Others are Dr. Vincent Bajinya, who headed the National Population Fund (ONAPO) and Celestin Mutabaruka, who headed a project called Crete Zaire Nil.
In a statement, Martin Ngoga, prosecutor general, said: “We welcome the arrests this morning and we believe all five of those arrested have a case to answer, which is why Rwanda requested their extradition to face trial. They are all suspects of genocide against Tutsi and crimes against humanity committed in Rwanda in 1994.
“We will wait now for the British courts to go through their procedures and recognise their independence and hope those procedures of court can be completed quickly so that those accused of genocide can face justice.”
By James Karuhanga, The New Times
The other men were named as Celestin Ugirashebuja, 60, a careworker from Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Charles Munyaneza, 55, from Bedford, and Emmanuel Nteziryayo, 60, from Manchester. During previous extradition proceedings all four men denied any wrongdoing.
The fifth man, who it is understood has not been previously arrested in the UK, was named as Celestin Mutabaruka, 57, from Ashford, Kent.
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