Malawian police arrested a resident who had been previously convicted of committing genocide in Rwanda but had been living in the country for the past 13 years.
"Yes, we effected the arrest of Vincent Murekezi today on instructions from the director of public prosecutions," the police chief spokesperson James Kadazera told AFP.
Mr Murekezi was convicted in absentia and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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