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Retrial ordered for woman accused of Rwanda genocide role

By Lynne Tuohy

 |  Associated Press  

  March 31, 2012

A New Hampshire woman who prosecutors say lied about her role in the Rwanda genocide to obtain citizenship will go on trial for the second time after a jury failed to reach a verdict in her case last month. Beatrice Munyenyezi of Manchester, has been in custody since her indictment in June 2010 on two charges of lying on immigration and naturalization papers. Prosecutors said she commanded extremist Hutu militia and ordered the rapes and killings of Tutsis in 1994.

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