Canada said on Saturday it had arrested a suspected Pakistani war criminal, the second such arrest made since the government listed 30 foreigners actively sought on Canadian soil.
Arshad Muhammad, 42, was arrested after he was recognised in a store in Mississauga, a town west of Toronto, The Toronto Sunreported.
On Friday, authorities said they had arrested former Honduran soldier Cristobal Gonzalez-Ramirez, who had served in a special army unit in Honduras where he allegedly committed war crimes.
Ottawa indicated that Muhammad, also known as Certosa Aranci, was “suspected of complicity in a war crime or a crime against humanity,” without providing further details.
“The help that Canadians are providing to Canada Border Services is proving to be beyond what we had expected,” said Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.
“Those who have been involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity will find no haven on our shores; they will be located, and they will face the consequences.”
Muhammad’s arrest came after the government
published a list of 30
men accused of crimes against humanity this
week — including their photos and birth dates — suspected of hiding on Canadian soil.
Canada adopted a federal law of universal jurisdiction in 2000 for crimes against humanity. Under the law, a Rwandan was sent to prison for life in 2009 for participating in the 1994 genocide there.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 25th, 2011.
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