Uniontown man accused of concealing participation in Rwandan genocide for nearly 30 years

A man who has been living in Northeast Ohio for nearly 30 years is charged in federal court for a scheme to hide his alleged participation in killing Tutsi men, women and children during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

After the Hutu’s president was shot down in the spring of 1994, the country descended into “one of the worst ethnic genocides in modern history,” with members of the Hutu majority murdering about 800,000 Tutsis over the course of 100 days, the release states. In 2017, Nshimiye’s former classmate Teganya was charged with fraudulently seeking asylum in the United States by similarly concealing his past. Nshimiye testified in Teganya’s defense in 2019, saying neither of them participated in the genocide.Nshimiye is alleged to have assisted Teganya in obstructing justice at his trial and falsely testifying about his involvement in the MRND, as well as perjuring himself when he denied his own membership.

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