Rwanda suspect 'not under arrest'

Kenyan police have confirmed they got the wrong man after arresting an individual on suspicion of being a top Rwandan genocide criminal.

They had carried out DNA tests on the man, who was arrested on Friday in one of Nairobi's plush suburbs in the belief he could be Felicien Kabuga.

The Rwandan businessman is accused by the UN Rwanda war crimes tribunal of being a key financier of the genocide.

Some 800,000 people were killed in just 100 days in the 1994 massacre.

Sightings

BBC East Africa correspondent Karen Allen says the Kenyan authorities are under intense pressure over Mr Kabuga's whereabouts.

In the past, the Kenyan authorities have been accused of harbouring alleged war criminals and have been threatened with action from the UN Security Council.

Last month a Kenyan court froze the assets of Mr Kabuga, who has a $5m (£2.4m) bounty on his head.

He has a number of business interests in the Kenyan capital, where he has been sighted several times with his bodyguards.

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