Fulgence Kayishema, one of four remaining fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has been arrested in South Africa, UN investigators said on Thursday. ManilaBulletin
"Yesterday afternoon, Fulgence Kayishema -– one of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives -– was arrested in Paarl, South Africa in a joint operation," the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals said in a statement.
He and others allegedly murdered more than 2,000 Tutsi men, women and children who had taken refuge in a Catholic church in Nyange in Kivumu district. The suspect, who had been living under the false name of Donatien Nibashumba, will appear in a Cape Town court on Friday "pending his extradition to Rwanda", police spokeswoman Thandi Mbambo said.
The hunt for Kayishema had spanned countries across Africa, targeting a man who used many aliases and false documents and relied on a "network of trusted supporters", it said. In September 2022, one of Rwanda's richest men before the genocide, Felicien Kabuga, who moved to France and lived there under a false identity, went on trial in The Hague.Ahishakiye called for Kayishema to be extradited to Rwanda and swiftly put in the dock.