Belgian priest to face genocide charges

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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_i...6172521535B265

Belgian priest to face genocide charges

September 08 2005 at 11:43AM

Kigali - A Belgian priest arrested in Kigali this week
on suspicion of involvement in Rwanda's 1994 genocide
will face crimes against humanity charges before a
village tribunal, judicial officials said on Thursday.

The case of Father Guy Theunis is to be referred to
prosecutors who are expected to transfer it to
so-called gacaca (pronounced "gachacha") courts that
have been set up to deal with genocide suspects, they
said.

"His case will be transferred Thursday to the
prosecutors who will transfer it to the gacaca," said
prosecutor Emmanuel Rukangira.

Theunis, a member of the Missionary Society of Africa
(SMA), was detained by Rwandan security officials in
Kigali on Tuesday as he was about to board a
connecting flight to Brussels after a week-long trip
to the neighboring eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo.

He is accused of complicity to commit genocide by
allegedly inciting ethnic divisions amid violence
during the 100-day killing spree in 1994, during which
about 800 000 mainly Tutsis were slaughtered by Hutu
extremists, officials said.

Rukangira said Theunis, who worked in Rwanda from 1970
to 1994 before being evacuated during the genocide and
stationed in Italy, has been held for questioning
since his arrest.

The specifics of the charges against Theunis - who had
been part of the editorial team of Dialogue, a Rwandan
magazine opposed to the genocide - were not
immediately clear.

In Brussels on Wednesday, Belgian Foreign Minister
Karel De Gucht said Kigali had not supplied Belgium
with details of the case, and he asked for an
explanation and information from Rwandan officials. -
Sapa-AFP

[OsunkoyaIfayomi]

Hang em high, death to all those who divide us and inslave us. All missionaries etc.

[IfasehunReincarnated]

now this is something to stay tuned for.