Police in Amsterdam have arrested a 38-year-old man suspected of taking part in war crimes in Rwanda during that country's 1994 genocide, the Dutch prosecutor's office said today.
The prosecutor's office did not give the man's full name, identifying him only as Joseph M. and saying he was arrested on Monday in Amsterdam.
A spokeswoman said the man had been investigated since May this year on information received from the immigration office. According to witness statements, the suspect had taken part in attacks on minority Tutsis in Mugonero.
"He is in prison now and will probably appear before a Dutch court within about 100 days," the spokeswoman said.
In 1994 nearly 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in Rwanda by Hutu extremists backed by the government in a 100-day campaign of genocide