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The 62-year-old was arrested this week near Cape Town after 22 years on the run. Fulgence Kayishema, one of the most wanted remaining fugitives of the Rwandan genocide, has appeared before a court in the South African city of Cape Town following his arrest this week after 22 years on the run. Kayishema is accused of taking part in the killing of 2,000 people sheltering inside a Catholic church in one of the 1994 Rwandan genocide’s bloodiest episodes. He was arrested on Wednesday under the false name of Donatien Nibashumba...

One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda's genocide, a police officer suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people at a church nearly three decades ago, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run, a special tribunal set up by the United Nations to find the perpetrators said Thursday. The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said Fulgence Kayishema was arrested Wednesday at a vineyard in Paarl, a small town in a wine-making region about 30 miles east of Cape Town. Kayishema,...

Fulgence Kayishema, who is accused of orchestrating the killings of more than 2,000 people during the Rwandan genocide, was arrested Wednesday in South Africa. Kayishema has been one of the most wanted criminals in the world for over 20 years. He was first indicted by United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in 2001 on charges of genocide, complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, and crimes against humanity. Since his indictment, Kayishema has been one of the world’s most wanted fugitives – according to CNN, the US War...

A Rwandan man who spearheaded the killing of 2,000 people during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in South Africa, authorities announced Thursday. Fulgence Kayishema, one of the most wanted men in the world, was captured Wednesday after 22 years on the run. “Genocide is the most serious crime known to humankind,” said Serge Brammertz, lead prosecutor of the United Nations tribunal that tracked Kayishema. “This arrest is a tangible demonstration that this commitment does not fade and that justice will be done, no matter how long it takes.” Kayishema,...

Kayishema was indicted by a UN tribunal on Rwanda in 2001 but has been at large since then until Wednesday’s capture. Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema has been arrested in South Africa, the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda said on Thursday. He was arrested on Wednesday after being on the run since 2001. Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2,000 Tutsi refugees at the Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) said....

Fulgence Kayishema has been at large since 2001. He is allegedly responsible for the slaughter of 2,000 Tutsi refugees during the Rwandan genocide in 1994. One of the last at-large suspects of the Rwandan genocide has been arrested in South Africa, the United Nations tribunal for war crimes committed in Rwanda said on Thursday. Fulgence Kayishema allegedly orchestrated the slaughter of 2,000 Tutsi refugees at the Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals said. Kayishema has been at large since 2001 and...

Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last four fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has been arrested in South Africa, UN investigators said on Thursday.

"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.

The most wanted fugitive accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has been arrested in Paarl, South Africa after decades on the run, authorities say. Fulgence Kayishema was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in a joint operation between South African authorities and the prosecutor’s fugitive-tracking team, according to the chief prosecutor of the tribunal charged with finding the remaining fugitives. Kayishema allegedly orchestrated the killing of more than 2,000 Tutsi refugees – women, men, children and the elderly – at Nyange Catholic Church during the genocide.