Rwanda takes into custody genocide suspect held in Congo

Ladislas Ntaganzwa is accused of genocide, direct and public incitement to commit genocide as well as extermination, murder and rape.

Kigali: The Democratic Republic of Congo transferred a suspect in Rwanda's 1994 genocide to Rwanda on Sunday, Rwandan officials said.

Ladislas Ntaganzwa, a former Rwandan mayor indicted for his alleged role in the slaughter of some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus by ethnic Hutu militias, was arrested in eastern Congo in December.