[Maybe the vetting process needs to be looked at?-ed]

Four Rwandan men living in Britain, including one given citizenship, appeared in court yesterday accused of organising the mass slaughter of Tutsis in the 1994 genocide

Vincent Bajinya, who changed his name to Brown on becoming a citizen last year, Charles Munyaneza, Celestin Ugirashebuja and Emmanuel Nteziryayo face extradition. They were arrested after a deal under which Rwanda becomes a temporary extradition partner with Britain. Rwanda has waived the death penalty to secure their extradition.

In the first case of its kind here, they are accused of orchestrating the killing of “tens of thousands” of Tutsis. They exploited their position as community leaders to set up militias, kill their countrymen and incite mass murder during the 100-day genocide in 1994, City of Westminster magistrates were told.

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