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Former Rwanda police officer on trial in Paris accused of taking part in genocide

Philippe Hategekimana, 66, who started new life in France under false identity, is charged with crimes against humanity

A former Rwandan military police officer who fled to France after the 1994 genocide and started a new life under a false identity is going on trial in Paris, charged with crimes against humanity.

Philippe Hategekimana, 66, fled to France five years after the genocide, obtaining refugee status under a fake name. He became a university security guard in the city of Rennes in Brittany and gained French citizenship in 2005.

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