Pierre Kayondo, who was prefect of the Kibuye region and a former MP, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with complicity in genocide and crimes against humanity, a source told AFP, adding that he had then been remanded in custody.
PARIS - France this week arrested and charged a former top Rwandan regional official over the country's 1994 genocide, a source close to the case said on Saturday.
Kayondo had been targeted by an investigation in France since 2021 after a complaint was filed against him by a victims' association.France has been one of the top destinations for fugitives fleeing justice over the massacres in which around 800,000 people, most of them ethnic Tutsis, were slaughtered over 100 days.
But France has tried and convicted a former spy chief, two ex-mayors, a former hotel chauffeur and an ex-top official since 2014 while a former military policeman is currently on trial.
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