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Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga dies in custody
Key takeaways
- Rwanda's Felicien Kabuga was once one of the world's most-wanted fugitives.
- The court, the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), said it had ordered an inquiry into the circumstances of his death.
- Kabuga was once one of the world's most-wanted fugitives.
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Rwanda's Felicien Kabuga was once one of the world's most-wanted fugitives. He was accused of encouraging and bankrolling the 1994 genocide.
https://p.dw.com/p/5Dr HAKabuga was charged with genocide, incitement to commit genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, as well as persecution, extermination and murder Image: Handout/MICT/AFPAdvertisement Felicien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died in custody, a UN court said on Saturday. He was 93 years old.
The court, the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), said it had ordered an inquiry into the circumstances of his death.
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