A Norwegian court has extended by two months the detention of a 45-year-old Rwandan suspected of murder during the 1994 genocide.
While conceding that remanding the suspect, Sadi Bugingo, in custody for several months was a constraint for him, the Oslo court, citing the “gravity of the charges”, said “it was necessary to guard against the risk of destruction of evidence and escape.”
Bugingo, who has lived in the western Norwegian town of Bergen with his family since 2002, was arrested there last May 3. Bugingo is also suspected of murdering Tutsis in the southeastern town of Kibungo and elsewhere. His Norwegian lawyer however said his client denies all the allegations against him.
Bugingo is the second Rwandan to be arrested in Norway for an alleged role in the genocide after Charles Bandora was arrested last year. Currently he’s on remand pending an investigation into his identity and possible extradition to Rwanda. Some parts of the story were borrowed from AFP
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