Official: Genocide suspect arrested

KIGALI, RWANDA » A Rwandan man accused of participating in the country’s 1994 genocide has been arrested by authorities in the Netherlands, an official in the capital, Kigali, said Tuesday.

Rwanda prosecution spokesman Justin Nkusi said his government had requested to have Joseph Mugenzi, a former banker, extradited back home to face trial.

“His arrest on Tuesday follows an arrest warrant issued by Rwanda against the suspect,” Nkusi said.

The 71-year-old suspect is accused of playing a key role in the genocide in which over 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by

Hutu extremists, authorities in Rwanda say.