"Just as during the first Rwanda trial, we are making clear that Sweden will not be a safe haven for those suspected of being war criminals and perpetrators of genocide," Chief Prosecutor Tora Holst
Swedish prosecutors have charged
a 60-year-old man with genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the second such case
brought by the Nordic country over crimes during the conflict.
The
charged man was not identified in line with Swedish judicial
procedures, but the prosecutor said he was a Swedish citizen originally
from Rwanda living in central Sweden.
"Just as
during the first Rwanda trial, we are making clear that Sweden will not
be a safe haven for those suspected of being war criminals and
perpetrators of genocide," Chief Prosecutor Tora Holst said in a statement on Friday.
Hundreds of thousands were killed during the genocide in Rwanda just over two decades ago.
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