Rwanda opens probe into role of French officials in 1994 genocide

‘Rwanda has opened a formal investigation into the alleged role of 20 French officials in the 1994 genocide.
The Rwandan government accuses France of complicity in the genocide. The French officials are accused of supporting the Hutu nationalist government, which carried out the mass killing of an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans, mainly from the Tutsi ethnic group. Paris denies the allegation.
“The inquiry, for now, is focused on 20 individuals whom, according to information gathered so far, are required by the prosecution authority to explain or provide clarity on allegations against them,” said Rwanda’s prosecutor general Richard Muhumuza.
He added that the probe would enable prosecutors to decide “whether the concerned individuals should be formally charged or not.”‘
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