YEAH:Top Rwanda genocide suspect arrested

One of the last suspects wanted for alleged

involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide has

been arrested in neighbouring Democratic

Republic of Congo, the UN says.

Ladislas Ntaganzwa, 53, is accused of organising

mass rapes and the massacre of thousands.

The US has issued a $5m (£3.2m) reward for his

arrest, calling him "one of the main instigators of

the genocide".

Mr Ntaganzwa and his lawyers have not

commented on the allegations.

He was one of nine suspects still wanted by the

UN for their alleged role in the genocide, which

left about 800,000 people dead. The others are

still at large.

The genocide saw militias from the majority Hutu

ethnic group killing Tutsis and moderate Hutus.

Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal

for Rwanda (ICTR) Hassan Bubacar Jallow told the

BBC's Focus on Africa radio programme that Mr

Ntaganzwa was "a big fish", even if he was not

the most senior person to have been caught.

The ICTR indictment describes his involvement in

1994 in the killing of more than 20,000 Tutsis

between 14 and 18 April.

It says he "substantially participated in the

planning, preparation and execution of the

massacre".

"He personally participated in these crimes," his

indictment says.

He told a group including Hutu civilians to

surround Cyahinda parish, in southern Rwanda,

"so that no Tutsis could escape and told them to

kill Tutsis", the indictment adds.

He is also wanted for other crimes.

The ICTR, which is now winding up its activities,

has transferred his case to Rwanda, Mr Jallow

told the BBC.

Mr. Ntaganzwa might stand trial in Rwanda, as

the country requested. Mr. Ntaganzwa is

accused of five counts, including genocide and

rape as a crime against humanity.