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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Rwanda National Police (RNP) has recalled Nyanza District Police Commander (DPC) Eugene Musonera amidst emerging reports linking him to crimes during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe officer has been recalled at the HQ (headquarters) for further follow-up of the matter,\u201d RNP spokesperson Boniface Rutikanga told The New Times on Tuesday, May 7.<\/p>\n

Without divulging details, Philbert Gankwenzire, the President of Ibuka, the national umbrella organisation of genocide survivors\u2019 associations, told The New Times that numerous witnesses have identified Musonera and implicated him in playing a role during the genocide in Nyanza, his district of birth.<\/p>\n

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Rwanda National Police (RNP) has recalled Nyanza District Police Commander (DPC) Eugene Musonera amidst emerging reports linking him to crimes during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. \u201cThe officer has been recalled at the HQ (headquarters) for further follow-up of the matter,\u201d RNP spokesperson Boniface Rutikanga told The New Times […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":72286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[760,763,5687,5686,1012,3232,3595,758],"class_list":["post-72288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-rwanda","tag-crimes","tag-dpc","tag-genocide","tag-ibuka","tag-rnp","tag-rwanda"],"yoast_head":"\nNyanza DPC recalled amid reports linking him to Genocide crimes - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rwanda National Police (RNP) has recalled Nyanza District Police Commander (DPC) Eugene Musonera amidst emerging reports ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nyanza DPC recalled amid reports linking him to Genocide crimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rwanda National Police (RNP) has recalled Nyanza District Police Commander (DPC) Eugene Musonera amidst emerging reports ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-07T16:18:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-07T16:52:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/05\/sm_1715088105.521889.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"653\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nyanza DPC recalled amid reports linking him to Genocide crimes\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-07T16:18:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-07T16:52:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes\"},\"wordCount\":119,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2024\/05\/sm_1715088105.521889.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Rwanda\",\"CRIMES\",\"DPC\",\"Genocide\",\"Ibuka\",\"RNP\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/nyanza-dpc-recalled-amid-reports-linking-him-to-genocide-crimes\",\"name\":\"Nyanza DPC recalled amid reports linking him to Genocide crimes - 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