Rwandan genocide accused Fulgence Kayishema claims he is a refugee in South Africa and he has 'heard' of the Rwandan genocide.
Image:Rwandan genocide accused Fulgence Kayishema claims he is a refugee in South Africa and he has “heard” of the Rwandan genocide.He was arrested by police in an operation with the UN's International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in Paarl, north of Cape Town, on Wednesday afternoon. He was wanted for his alleged role in the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
During his first court appearance on Friday, the court heard he is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of:The state said they were also charging him for fraud and transgressions of the Immigration Act and the Refugee Act.While waiting in the court stairwell, he told TimesLIVE he was “100% confident” about his chances in defending his case.“I'm a refugee of civil war,” he said.
Rwandan genocide accused sought by the ICC Fulgence Kayishema tells me he had nothing to do with the genocide and that he is a refugee from civil war.
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