Africa › Rwanda       25.06.2015

British court grants Rwandan spy chief bail

Demonstrators call for the release of Rwanda's intelligence chief General Karenzi Karake outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on June 25, 2015. By Justin Tallis (AFP)

London (AFP) - A British court on Thursday granted bail to Rwandan intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who was arrested last week at London Heathrow Airport on a Spanish-issued arrest warrant.

"I am prepared to grant you conditional bail," the judge said, setting the bail amount at £1.0 million (1.4 million euros, $1.6 million) and ordering Karake to report to the police daily.

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