Genocide suspects arrested

Nairobi - Kenyan police have rounded up 80 Rwandans in Nairobi a day after seven Rwandan genocide suspects were arrested, a senior…

Nairobi - Kenyan police have rounded up 80 Rwandans in Nairobi a day after seven Rwandan genocide suspects were arrested, a senior UN tribunal official said yesterday. The suspects, including Mr Jean Kambanda, Rwanda's prime minister during the 1994 genocide, were arrested by Kenyan police working with tribunal officials on Friday. They were transferred to tribunal headquarters in Arusha, northern Tanzania.

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