US Authorities Arrest Rwandan Genocide Suspect in Ohio

The 52-year old is accused of gaining entry into the U.S. and obtaining aslyum and refugee status on false claims
US Authorities Arrest Rwandan Genocide Suspect in Ohio
A group of young Hutu militiamen train with sticks on a road near Mushubati, Rwanda, on June 12, 1994. Alexander Joe/AFP via Getty Images
Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
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A man wanted for nearly three decades for allegedly participating in the Rwandan genocide was recently discovered living illegally in the United States.

According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security, and federal court records, Eric Tabaro Nshimiye both ordered and carried out rapes and brutal murders, including of young children and female college students, as part of the 1994 genocide of 800,000 Rwandans. He is accused of beating to death some of his victims with a nail-studded club while hacking others to death with a machete.

Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
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