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Fugitive Rwandan Leader, Accused of Financing Genocide, Arrested in France

HeadlineMay 18, 2020

French police have arrested a man long accused of helping to finance the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which 800,000 people were killed. Eighty-four-year-old Félicien Kabuga was arrested in a raid near Paris on Saturday. In 1997, he was indicted for war crimes, including genocide and crimes against humanity.

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