Zimbabwe has denied harboring the Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya after it emerged that he died in 2006 and was buried in the country after living there for four years.
The 20-year hunt for one of the world’s most brutal killers came to a decisive end in an overgrown cemetery outside Harare, but Zimbabwean authorities have said that they did not conceal his whereabouts.
“As a law-abiding nation, Zimbabwe will never harbor criminals and welcomes findings from the DNA samples extracted from the fugitive,” Zimbabwean Minister of Foreign Affairs Frederick Shava said in a statement on Sunday.
The Zimbabwean government cooperated with UN