{{A High profile Genocide suspect Simbikangwa Pascal is expected to appear before a French court on charges of Complicty in genocide.
A Paris prosecutor has requested the referral to the foundation for “complicity in genocide” Simbikangwa, a former captain of the Rwandan army, which could lead to the first trial in France of a suspected Rwandan genocide, announced Monday prosecutors told reporters.}}
It will be up to the pole judges “crime against humanity” Tribunal de grande instance (TGI) of Paris to follow or not the applications and possibly to charge the former intelligence officer, aged 53.
Simbikangwa was arrested in Mayotte arrested in October 2008 and indicted in April 2009 for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide, before being transferred to a prison in La Réunion at mainland France, and in November 2009 in a detention center the metropolis.
In February the Paris magistrates hearing the case had completed their investigation.
Friday, the prosecution requested the indictment of Mr. Simbikangwa before the Assize Court Paris for “complicity in genocide” and “complicity in crimes against humanity” committed in Kigali and in the territory of Rwanda, particularly in Gisenyi (north-west), between April and July 1994, according to prosecutors.
Simbikangwa served in the presidential guard of former President Juvenal Habyarimana.
From 1988 to 1992 He was assigned in Central Intelligence precisely the domestic intelligence service, which reported directly to the presidency.
Simbikangwa was arrested in Mayotte in a case of false papers, and identified as wanted by Interpol for his alleged involvement in the genocide.
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