22.9 C
New York
June 7, 2025
Africa International criminal justice Law news Rwanda South Africa War crimes World news

Rwandan ex-police chief arrested in South Africa over 1994 genocide

Fulgence Kayishema, 62, charged with playing leading role in church killing of more than 2,000 people

One of the world’s most wanted genocide suspects, a Rwandan former police chief, Fulgence Kayishema, has been arrested in South Africa and charged with playing a leading role in the murder of more than 2,000 people in a church in April 1994.

Kayishema has spent more than two decades as a fugitive and was living under a false name at the time of his arrest on Wednesday afternoon in Paarl, 35 miles (60km) north-east of Cape Town. He was detained by the South African police and members of a tracking team from the Rwandan war crimes tribunal based in Arusha, Tanzania.

Continue reading…

Related posts

Hurricane Hilary: California issues warning as storm grows off Mexico coast

TheWorldsNews

Trudeau in Florida to meet Trump after tariffs threat – reports

TheWorldsNews

Amazon plane crash children reunited with family after 40 days in jungle

TheWorldsNews

Pin It on Pinterest

Share This