Sweden Extradites Rwandan Accused of Genocide
Swedish authorities have extradited a Rwandan man to Kigali over genocide charges which he is accused to have committed when he was a university student.
The Rwanda prosecution says it received Jean-Paul Micomyiza on Wednesday and commended Sweden for its contribution “to fight impunity”.
Mr Micomyiza, 50, was arrested in Sweden in November 2020 on a Rwandan arrest warrant. He lost an appeal against his extradition last December.
He has lived in Sweden for more than a decade.
He is accused of crimes of genocide for his alleged role in searching and identifying Tutsis to be killed during the 1994 genocide when he was 22.
At the time, he was a student at the National University of Rwanda located in his hometown, Butare, in south Rwanda.
Source: BBC News
Image: Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA)
