A Rwandan mastermind of the 1994 genocide has been discovered in the British town of Bedford, where he lives with his family, Deputy Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga said Wednesday.

"We are aware of his presence in the United Kingdom (UK)," Ngoga said.

Charles Munyaneza, who lives under false identity as "Charles Muneza" has been tracked down by the British media after evading justice for years. He is accused of helping to organize the massacres in former Gikongoro and Butare in the current southern province in 1994.

He fled to South Africa after the fall of the genocidal regime and entered Britain in 1999 where he sought asylum as a refugee.

In 2002, Munyaneza was granted refugee status by the British Home Office and allowed unlimited stay in the UK.

He is alleged to have associated with Lieutenant Colonel Aloys Simba, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the genocide last December by the UN tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.

Survivors have described Munyaneza as one of the pillars of the genocide.

Some 800,000 people, mainly minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus, were slaughtered by majority Hutu extremists in 100 days in the 1994 genocide.

Source: Xinhua