Félicien Kabuga, one of the most wanted suspects in the
Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in France.
The French ministry of justice announced that the
84-year-old was picked up on Saturday near Paris where he has been living under
a false identity.
Kabuga, who was alleged to have been a main financier of the
genocide, has been on the run since the 1994 genocide in which an estimated
800,000 people were killed.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda had charged
him for crimes against humanity while the United States placed $5m bounty on
him.
The ethnic Hutu extremists, who he was alleged to have
financed, had targeted members of the minority Tutsi community during the
genocide that lasted more than three months.
Serge Brammertz, a top United Nations prosecutor, said in a
statement that Kabuga’s arrest “is a reminder that those responsible for
genocide can be brought to account, even 26 years after their crimes”.
He added: “For international justice, Kabuga’s arrest
demonstrates that we can succeed when we have the international community’s
support.
“This result is a tribute to the unwavering commitment of
the United Nations Security Council, which established the Mechanism to
continue the accountability process in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.”
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