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One of the most-wanted suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has been arrested in Uganda, police say. One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been arrested in Uganda.
Former intelligence chief Idelphonse Nizeyimana is accused of organising the killing of thousands of ethnic Tutsis - including the revered former queen. Idelphonse Nizeyimana was a captain in the Rwandan army at the time of the genocide in which about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed.
Correspondents say he was travelling to Kenya from the Democratic Republic of Congo when he was detained. He is accused of organising the killing of thousands of ethnic Tutsis - including the revered former queen.
Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu militias during 100 days of slaughter. He is being extradited to the international tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania to face genocide charges.
The BBC's Will Ross, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, says Mr Nizeyimana was detained in Kampala carrying false identity documents. A spokesman for Rwanda's prosecutor-general, Alphonse Nkusi, welcomed the arrest as "a very good thing" but said Mr Nizeyimana should stand trial in Rwanda.
Murder and pillage He added: "There is no time limit for justice, whether it comes fast or slow it is something we want to see.
Mr Nizeyimana, a captain in the army, was head of intelligence and military operations during the genocide and is accused of setting up special military units to help carry out the slaughter. "Fifteen years is very little compared to what was committed in Rwanda. There are many victims who have not yet forgotten, who have not yet received justice."
RWANDA GENOCIDE 6 April 1994 Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana killed when plane shot downApril - July Estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus killedJuly Tutsi-led rebels capture capital city, KigaliJuly Two million Hutus flee, sparking 15 years of unrest in the region Profile: Idelphonse Nizeyimana Audio slideshow: 100 days Rwanda's ghosts refuse to be buried How the genocide happenedRWANDA GENOCIDE 6 April 1994 Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana killed when plane shot downApril - July Estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus killedJuly Tutsi-led rebels capture capital city, KigaliJuly Two million Hutus flee, sparking 15 years of unrest in the region Profile: Idelphonse Nizeyimana Audio slideshow: 100 days Rwanda's ghosts refuse to be buried How the genocide happened
Mr Nizeyimana was head of intelligence and military operations during the genocide.
The lengthy indictment against him says he elaborated, adhered to and executed a plan to wipe out the minority Tutsi ethnic population.
One of the accusations is that he set up special military units to help carry out the slaughter.
One of these units is believed to have killed Queen Rosalie Gicanda, widow of King Mutara III who died in 1959 shortly before the country became a republic.One of these units is believed to have killed Queen Rosalie Gicanda, widow of King Mutara III who died in 1959 shortly before the country became a republic.
According to a 1999 report by US-based Human Rights Watch, Hutu soldiers took the queen from her home in the south-eastern town of Butare and shot her behind the national museum.According to a 1999 report by US-based Human Rights Watch, Hutu soldiers took the queen from her home in the south-eastern town of Butare and shot her behind the national museum.
They also murdered several women who looked after the queen, who was about 80 years old when she died.They also murdered several women who looked after the queen, who was about 80 years old when she died.
They returned the next day and shot her mother and pillaged her house.
The rights group said the murder of the queen, who had kept out of politics since her husband's death, alerted many Tutsis to the danger they faced.
Intelligentsia attacked
A Ugandan police spokeswoman confirmed Mr Nizeyimana had been arrested on Monday and flown to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, based in Arusha, Tanzania.
Idelphonse Nizeyimana allegedly helped draw up death listsIdelphonse Nizeyimana allegedly helped draw up death lists
ICTR officials said they could not confirm the arrest, but described Mr Nizeyimana as one of their highest targets. Another charge against Mr Nizeyimana is that he ordered the establishment of roadblocks at which Tutsis were captured before being murdered.
He faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. And troops said to have been under his command rampaged through the University of Butare, killing lecturers and students in what was seen as an attempt to wipe out the Tutsi intelligentsia.
The indictment against him includes allegations that he ordered soldiers to kidnap a group of refugees, including 25 children, from a convent, and they were never seen again. Mr Nizeyimana was arrested in a modest hotel in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Police there said he had crossed over the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo last week and was heading for Kenya with false travel documents.
He also allegedly ordered the kidnap of two priests who were later killed. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda says it still trying to find 11 fugitives. So far 40 people have been found guilty by the tribunal which is due to finish its work by the end of next year.
He ordered roadblocks to be set up where people carrying ID cards identifying them as Tutsis were hacked to death with machetes, and he helped draw up lists of Tutsis to kill, the tribunal says.
Troops under his command also rampaged through the University of Butare, killing lecturers and students.
BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says this was part of an attempt to wipe out the Tutsi intelligentsia.