 THE HAGUE - A Rwandan man suspected of having participated in the massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been arrested in the Netherlands, the national prosecutorÂ’s office said on Thursday. The suspect, 38-year-old Joseph Mpambara, is set to be tried in a Dutch court, said prosecution spokeswoman Desiree Leppens.
| "Paging Ms. del Ponte, Ms. Carla del Ponte, to the white courtesy phone ..." |
Witnesses questioned by Dutch police said that Mpambara “played a role in several attacks on Tutsis in the Kibuye region” in western Rwanda. He is said to have ordered the killing of Tutsis taken from an ambulance at a roadblock there.
According to the Dutch prosecutorÂ’s office, Mpambara is suspected of being a member of the infamous Interahamwe Hutu militia, implicated in the deaths of thousands of Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide that left some 800,000 people dead in 100 days. Mpambara will appear in court for a procedural hearing within three months, Leppens said.
| And should get his day in court in about, oh, eight years, or whenever all the witnesses have died of old age ... |
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