Rwanda Genocide Fugitive Kayishema To Seek Asylum In S.Africa
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Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, will apply for asylum in South Africa, where he has been living for two decades, his lawyer said Tuesday. Kayishema, one of four remaining fugitives sought by UN investigators for their role in the genocide, was arrested last month in the town of Paarl in South Africa's Cape Winelands region. He allegedly took part in one of the genocide's bloodiest episodes, when thousands of men, women and children who had sought shelter in a church were slaughtered....
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