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| Senior Rwandan official arrested | Senior Rwandan official arrested |
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| German police have arrested a senior Rwandan official in connection with the killing of a former president whose death triggered the 1994 genocide. | German police have arrested a senior Rwandan official in connection with the killing of a former president whose death triggered the 1994 genocide. |
| Rose Kabuye - the chief of protocol for current Rwandan President Paul Kagame - was detained on arrival at Frankfurt on a warrant issued by a French judge. | Rose Kabuye - the chief of protocol for current Rwandan President Paul Kagame - was detained on arrival at Frankfurt on a warrant issued by a French judge. |
| She is one of nine senior Rwandan officials wanted over the shooting down of Juvenal Habyarimana's plane. | She is one of nine senior Rwandan officials wanted over the shooting down of Juvenal Habyarimana's plane. |
| All are members of the party which ousted the genocidal regime. | All are members of the party which ousted the genocidal regime. |
| The Rwandan government has strongly rejected the charges and accuses France of complicity in the genocide, in which 800,000 Rwandans were killed. | The Rwandan government has strongly rejected the charges and accuses France of complicity in the genocide, in which 800,000 Rwandans were killed. |
| AFP news agency quoted Rwandan Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo as saying that Ms Kabuye's arrest was a "misuse of international jurisdiction". | |
| Correspondents say Ms Kabuye, a former guerrilla fighter with the Rwandan Patriotic Front, has heroic status in Rwanda. | Correspondents say Ms Kabuye, a former guerrilla fighter with the Rwandan Patriotic Front, has heroic status in Rwanda. |
| She has since served as an MP and mayor of the capital Kigali, and is one of president Paul Kagame's closest aides. | She has since served as an MP and mayor of the capital Kigali, and is one of president Paul Kagame's closest aides. |