{The decision by the United Kingdom to arrest the head of Rwanda\u2019s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) is likely to spark a diplomatic row between Kigali and London.}<\/p>\n
Lt Gen Emmanuel Karenzi Karake’s arrest on Saturday at Heathrow Airport as he prepared to board a plane back home from an official mission was based on indictments on war crimes issued by a Spanish Judge in 2008 on 40 senior Rwandan army officers.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the British High Commission in Kigali issued a statement confirming the arrest by UK\u2019s Metropolitan Police on June 20 on behalf of the authorities in Spain.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a legal obligation, following the issue of a valid European arrest warrant,\u201d the statement reads in part.<\/p>\n
The EastAfrican understands that Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Louise Mushikiwabo has already arrived in London for talks with UK authorities over the arrest of the 54-year old General, who had reportedly travelled to London to attend an international meeting on security.<\/p>\n
In a post on her official twitter account Tuesday, Ms Mushikiwabo decried the action by the UK government as based on “lunacy”.<\/p>\n
“Western solidarity in demeaning Africans is unacceptable!! It is an outrage to arrest #Rwandan official based on pro-genocidaires lunacy!”<\/p>\n
Rwanda\u2019s Minister of Justice Johnston Busingye confirmed on Monday night that Gen Karake was prevented from boarding a flight home, detained and arraigned before a magistrate\u2019s court in Westminster, with another appearance scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n
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