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| Rwanda president's widow arrested | Rwanda president's widow arrested |
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| The widow of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, whose assassination triggered the Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in France. | The widow of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, whose assassination triggered the Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in France. |
| Agathe Habyarimana is accused by the current Rwandan government of helping to plan the 1994 genocide, and has long been sought by prosecutors there. | Agathe Habyarimana is accused by the current Rwandan government of helping to plan the 1994 genocide, and has long been sought by prosecutors there. |
| Mrs Habyarimana, who has been living in France for several years, denies the accusations. | Mrs Habyarimana, who has been living in France for several years, denies the accusations. |
| More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in the massacres of 1994. | More than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus died in the massacres of 1994. |
| French officials said Mrs Habyarimana was detained in the Paris region by police executing a Rwandan-issued international arrest warrant. | French officials said Mrs Habyarimana was detained in the Paris region by police executing a Rwandan-issued international arrest warrant. |
| Her arrest follows a visit to Rwanda last week by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, when he admitted that France - and the wider international community - had make "mistakes" over the genocide. | Her arrest follows a visit to Rwanda last week by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, when he admitted that France - and the wider international community - had make "mistakes" over the genocide. |
| President Habyarimana died in April 1994 when his jet was hit by a missile over the Kigali airport. | |
| Hardline ethnic Hutu supporters of the president then launched the apparently pre-planned massacres. | Hardline ethnic Hutu supporters of the president then launched the apparently pre-planned massacres. |