Following his expulsion from Malawi, the man suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide has been received in Rwanda, according to an announcement by the Rwandan national prosecutor’s office. The expulsion came a few days after another genocide suspect, Fulgence Kayishema, was arrested in South Africa.
A statement from the prosecutor’s office said that the suspect, Théoneste Niyongira, was the subject of an international arrest warrant issued in 2019.
Théoneste Niyongira, accused of the crime of genocide committed in the former commune of Ndora, in the prefecture of Butare” (south), was sent back to Rwanda on Sunday, the same source added.
In this context, Rwandan officials congratulated the Malawian government on the expulsion of Théoneste Niyongira.
Apart from Théoneste Niyongira, Faustin Nkusi, spokesman for the public prosecutor’s office, said that 60 other people in Malawi have been indicted by Rwanda on suspicion of participating in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis.
On a global scale, Rwanda has issued more than 1,000 indictments against genocide suspects, most of whom live in Africa.