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On Saturday, June 14, 2008, Kenyan police confirmed they had gotten the wrong man after arresting an individual on suspicion of being a top Rwandan genocide criminal.
They had carried out DNA tests on the man, who was arrested on Friday, June 13, 2008 in one of Nairobi's plush suburbs in the belief he could be Felicien Kabuga.
The Rwandan businessman is accused by the UN Rwanda war crimes tribunal of being a key financier of the genocide.
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Sightings
BBC East Africa correspondent Karen Allen on June 14, 2008 said the Kenyan authorities were under intense pressure over Mr Kabuga's whereabouts.
In the past, the Kenyan authorities had been accused of harbouring alleged war criminals and had been threatened with action from the UN Security Council.
In May, 2008 a Kenyan court froze the assets of Mr Kabuga, who, at the time, had a $5m (Ksh535 million)) bounty on his head.
It was alleged that Kabuga had a number of business interests in Nairobi, where he had been sighted several times with his bodyguards.
