Félicien Kabuga, an alleged Rwandan war criminal, died in custody in The Hague, the Netherlands, Saturday. Photo courtesy of the United Nations
May 16 (UPI) -- Félicien Kabuga, an alleged Rwandan war criminal, died in custody in The Hague, the Netherlands, Saturday, according to the United Nations.
Kabuga was 91.
Kabuga had been charged with genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide, incitement to genocide and crimes against humanity, including persecution, extermination and murder, committed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi people in Rwanda. The genocide killed an estimated 500,000 to 1 million people, about 70% of Rwanda's Tutsi population.
He was arrested in Paris in 2020, found to be living there under an alias.
