Genocide suspect faces extradition from Denmark

Danish police have detained a 49-year-old man suspected over participating in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The suspect has been identified as Wenceslas Twagirayezu, who lives in Smorum, a small town north of Copenhagen. The New Times reports that prosecutors claim he participated in ‘the massacres of more than a thousand people’. ‘After a very thorough investigation it’s our view that there’s sufficient reason to extradite him,’ reads part of a statement from the Danish prosecution. Twagirayezu was naturalised as a Danish citizen in 2004, having arrived in the Nordic country in 2001. Twagirayezu was reportedly a teacher at the Majambere Primary School in Busasamana when the genocide occurred. Legal analysts say his extradition to Rwanda is likely to be fast-tracked.