Forensic expert who nailed organisers of genocide dies

In this Tuesday, May 17, 1994 file photo, refugees who fled the ethnic bloodbath in neighboring Rwanda carry water containers back to their huts at the Benaco refugee camp in Tanzania, near the border with Rwanda. (AP Photo/Karsten Thielker, File)

The former National Lands Commission deputy director of investigations who died on Monday was an acclaimed document examiner who nailed key masterminds of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Antipas Nyanjwa examined practically every major piece of evidence disputed by accused persons or advanced by prosecutions, involving big criminal files locally and regionally.