A French court has ordered the release of a former Rwandan colonel, wanted by the African nation for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide, reports the BBC.
Rwanda had requested the extradition of Laurent Serubuga, a Hutu, who served as Rwanda's deputy army chief-of-staff.
The 77-year-old was arrested in July in northern France under an international arrest warrant issued by Rwanda.
An estimated 800,000 people, mostly minority Tutsis, were killed by the ethnic majority Hutus in 1994.
Mr Serubuga's son, Paulin, who was present at the tribunal said his family was relieved by the ruling.
"We were expecting a political trial. The lies of Rwanda have not been heard before the judges," he was quoted by AFP as saying.
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