Key facts
- A German-Rwandan national was arrested in Germany on suspicion of genocide and murder.
- The suspect is accused of ordering the deaths of 25 Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
- He allegedly served as an assistant to the mayor of Kayove and compiled death lists.
- Prosecutors state he also personally participated in a killing by stabbing a victim.
German prosecutors have arrested a German-Rwandan national, identified only as Innocent S, on suspicion of involvement in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda. The suspect is accused of ordering the deaths of 25 Tutsis on five separate occasions while serving as an assistant to the mayor of Kayove in northwestern Rwanda.