Norway is now checking the background of up to 20 Rwandan immigrants suspected of genocide in their African homeland

Aftenposten:

"We are working on suspicion directed against certain persons from Rwanda now living in Norway. We have received a list from Rwanda's public prosecutor's office and on this list are between 10-20 names," chief public prosecutor Siri Frigaard told newspaper Bergens Tidende.

At least 800,000 people are estimated to have lost their lives in a wave of genocide in Rwanda during just three months in 1994.

Rwandan authorities have discussed the presence of genocide suspects in Norway for several years.

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