British prosecutors have charged a Rwandan-born doctor over his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, marking the first time charges connected to the genocide against the Tutsi have been brought in the United Kingdom.
Vincent Brown, 65, formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, was arrested and charged on Monday following what police described as a complex and extensive seven-year investigation.
He faces one count of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences related to murder as a crime against humanity.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Brown is accused of involvement in the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in 1994.
Frank Ferguson, head of the CPS Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said Brown "is alleged to have directed and incited acts of murder and genocide carried out by others".
Prosecutors said the decision followed a review of evidence submitted by the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Team and that the legal test for bringing charges had been met.
Brown is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
The investigation began in September 2019 after a formal request from the Rwandan government concerning people allegedly involved in genocide in Kigali's Rugenge district in April 1994.
Brown, originally from Kigali, has lived in London and previously worked for a charity assisting refugee nurses and midwives seeking employment in Britain.
He was first arrested in 2006, but a British court in 2017 refused his extradition to Rwanda alongside four other men.
Brown is believed to have entered Britain as an asylum seeker in 1998 and changed his name after receiving UK citizenship in 2004.
An estimated 800,000 people, predominantly Tutsis, were killed during approximately 100 days of violence in Rwanda in 1994, alongside politically moderate Hutus and other opponents of the extremists responsible.
Metropolitan Police Commander Helen Flanagan said other investigations involving individuals in Britain over similar alleged offences remain ongoing.
Police said the case demonstrates their continuing efforts to investigate suspected involvement in genocide and other international crimes through the legal process.