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KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - A Rwandan general has been arrested on suspicion of playing a key role in the 1994 genocide in which more than half a million Tutsis and moderates from the Hutu majority were killed, officials said Tuesday.
A community court investigating and trying suspects in the 100-day genocide ordered the detention of Maj. Gen. Laurent Munyakazi after allegations emerged that he was intimidating witnesses and paying others not to reveal damaging information against him, said Raymond Kalisa, head of the court that issued the arrest warrant.
In May, Munyakazi — commander of the army's 3rd Division and a Hutu — appeared at a community court, known as Gacaca, in the capital and denied accusations that he was involved in the genocide.
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