(Patria) - Fulgence Kayishema, a suspect in the Rwandan genocide, was arrested yesterday in South Africa, the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda announced today.
Kayishema allegedly organized the murder of approximately 2,000 refugees from the Tutsi community at the Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Courts (IRMCT) announced.
He has been at large since 2001.
"Fulgence Kayishema has been on the run for over twenty years. His arrest ensures that he will finally face justice for his alleged crimes," said IRMCT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz.
Kayishema was indicted by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2001 for genocide and crimes against humanity for murders and other crimes committed in the Kibuye prefecture.
Brammertz said the investigation that led to his arrest spanned multiple countries in Africa and beyond, and was made possible by the support and cooperation of South African authorities.
The Rwanda Tribunal, based in Tanzania, concluded its cases in 2008, after which the IRMCT was established to complete the remaining work.
The tribunal transferred Kayishema's case to Rwanda in 2007, after the country abolished the death penalty, RSE reports.
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