Dane found not guilty in Rwanda
The Rwandan High Court Chamber for International Crimes in Nyanza in southern Rwanda on Thursday acquitted 56-year-old Wenceslas Twagirayezu of taking part in the 1994 genocide in the country, Rasmus Hylleberg, a friend of Twagirayezu, told Ritzau. “I’m sitting with Wenceslas’ four children. We are incredibly relieved,” Hylleberg said. DR writes that they also have been informed by the family that the man has been acquitted. Wenceslas Twagirayezu is a Danish citizen, and he was extradited to Rwanda from Denmark in 2018. According to Flash Radio Rwanda radio, the decision has been made by a special court for international and cross-border crimes in Nyanza. The 56-year-old man has been imprisoned in Rwanda since December 2018, when he was extradited from Denmark.
Latest: Within hours of the court decision to acquit Twagirayezu, the prosecution in the case announced that the acquittal was to be appealed. The prosecution is not “satisfied with the ruling of the International and Cross-Border Crimes Tribunal, which has acquitted Twagirayezu”, the statement said. /ritzau/