/ 19 March 1999

RWANDAN NOT SCOTT-FREE

THE former Rwandan army major freed by a United Nations court on charges of murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide remained in custody on Friday as Belgium and Rwanda sought his re-arrest. The UN tribunal freed Bernard Ntuyahaga on Thursday when the prosecution dropped charges against him but Belgium wants him for trial and Rwanda has issued an international arrest warrant. Ntuyahaga turned himself in last June, asking for witness protection.