Rwanda has received Arrest warrant papers for Charles Sikubwabo for his role in the 1994 Genocide against ethnic Tutsi.
This was revealed by the Martin Ngoga the National prosecutor General who presented Sikubwabo arrest warrant papers to the Media.
The arrest warrant papers were handed to Rwanda by the representative of the International criminal tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
Sikubwabo is a former Mayor of the Gishyita commune in the Kibuye prefecture. He is wanted for taking part in the Rwandan Genocide in the early 1990s.
While serving as Mayor, Sikubwabo directed communal and national police in hunting down refugees who had fled there.
He is said to have taken part personally in an attack on a church where refugees had sought sanctuary and more than 2,000 people were killed.
For these and other crimes the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the ICTR, indicted Sikubwabo on charges of genocide and war crimes and issued a warrant for his arrest.
Sikubwabo fled Rwanda in July 1994 and is believed to be living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He(pictured below) is currently believed to be living in Norway.
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