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Alleged war criminal working in care home

An alleged war criminal is working in a care home in a seaside resort.

Celestin Ugirashebuja is wanted for war crimes in Rwanda, where he accused of organising attacks during the genocide in 1994.

Mr Ugirashebuja, who passed a Criminal Records Bureau check, works at the Anna Victoria Nursing Home in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex.

Nearly half a million Rwandans died in the genocide, and Mr Ugirashebuja, 60, is accused of organising roadblocks and urging Hutus to kill escaping Tutsis.

CRB checks only show British convictions, so the background check did not the summary indictment issued against Mr Ugirashebuja by the Rwandan authorities.

After the massacre, Mr Ugirashebuja, a former mayor, fled to the UK, where he was arrested in 2006 along with three men also accused of being involved in the genocide....

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)