Rwanda genocide suspect to claim asylum in South Africa, lawyer says, complicating extradition

FILE — Fulgence Kayishema sits in the Magistrate’s Court in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, May 26, 2023. Kayishema, a former police officer, is one of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide and is suspected of orchestrating the killing of some 2,000 people nearly three decades ago. Kayishema will apply for political asylum in South Africa, his lawyer said Tuesday, June 20,2021. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File) One of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal killings of some of the hundreds of thousands of people massacred in...