Rwandan intelligence chief Karenzi Karake arrested in London
What you need to know:
- Gen Karake, aged 54, is director general of Rwanda's National Intelligence and Security Services.
- He is facing accusations of ordering massacres while he was the head of intelligence in the genocide that left 800,000 Rwandans dead.
Rwanda's intelligence chief Karenzi Karake has been arrested in London over war crimes committed during the 1994 genocide.
According to BBC, spy chief in President Paul Kagame’s administration is wanted in Spain for war crimes.
Reports indicate that he was arrested on Saturday at Heathrow Airport on Saturday and appeared before Westminster Magistrates' Court after being detained under a European Arrest Warrant.
Gen Karake, aged 54, is director general of Rwanda's National Intelligence and Security Services and was indicted in 2008 by a Spanish judge for alleged war crimes.
He is facing accusations of ordering massacres while he was the head of intelligence in the genocide that left 800,000 Rwandans dead.
