{A Swede of Rwandan origin who is suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide has been remanded in custody, while a Rwandan national was released after questioning, a prosecutor said.}<\/p>\n
“Only one of the two men has been detained, but an investigation concerning both of them is underway,” Tora Holst, prosecutor in charge of the probe, told AFP.<\/p>\n
The men, whose identities have not been revealed, deny the allegations that they participated in the genocide.<\/p>\n
The suspect remanded in custody was born in 1955 and is a Swedish citizen, while the other, born in 1962 is a Rwandan national who lives in the northern city of Lule\u00e5.<\/p>\n
Under Swedish law a suspect can be remanded in custody while a prosecutor gathers evidence to bring charges.<\/p>\n
In June, a Swedish appeal court upheld the first genocide conviction in the country’s history, with a life sentence for Stanislas Mbanenande, a Swede of Rwandan origin.<\/p>\n
The 55-year-old engineer, who worked as a teacher in his country, was found guilty of playing a leading role in five massacres committed in western Rwanda.<\/p>\n
The appeal court said the conviction was based on a large number of reliable testimonies, including interviews with witnesses of some of the
\nmassacres. Mbanenande has denied all of the accusations.<\/p>\n
“The investigations have nothing to do with this affair,” Holst told AFP on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Other Rwandans have been convicted in Canada, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands for their involvement in the Rwandan genocide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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