Rwandan fugitive Fulgence Kayishema arrested in SA. Photo: Kiztivi seven/ Facebook
Most Wanted 90s Rwandan Genocide fugitive arrested in South Africa
Is South Africa returning the favour for Thabo Bester’s rearrest? As local authorities nabbed wanted Rwandan fugitive of over two decades.
Rwandan fugitive Fulgence Kayishema arrested in SA. Photo: Kiztivi seven/ Facebook
Most wanted Rwandan genocide fugitive Fulgence Kayishema has finally been arrested over two decades later in South Africa.
WHERE THE RWANDAN FUGITIVE WAS ARRESTED IN THE COUNTRY
Kayishema, who has been on the run since 2001 was arrested in Paarl, Western Cape on Wednesday, 25 May, according to BBC.
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The South African Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Ronald Lamola, has commended the country’s law enforcement agencies on the arrest of the Rwandan fugitive.
The arrest comes after an Interpol Red Notice was issued at the request of the United Nations International Residuals Mechanism for Criminal Tribunal (IRMCT). The fugitive was wanted by the IRMCT for genocides and crimes against humanity in Rwanda.
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THE CRIMES KAYISHEMA IS WANTED FOR
Kayishema is alleged to have orchestrated the killing of approximately 2000 Tutsi refugess – women, men, children and elderly – at the Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. He has been at large since 2001.
Minister Lamola said, “With this arrest, two emphatic statements cannot be refuted, that the long arm of the law knows no time bounds and South Africa is not willing to be a safe haven for fugitives. We will continue to assist other countries and international bodies to trace fugitives”.
“We expect the same from other countries.”
Lamola
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IS SOUTH AFRICA RETURING THE FAVOUR?
South African authorities had to do the right after tracing Kayishema in the country following assistance from the Tanzanian authorities in recapturing our own fugitive, the notorious Facebook rapist Thabo Bester.
Thabo Bester, a convicted criminal, faked his own death and escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre in 2022. He was on the run for almost a year before being caught in Arusha, Tanzania on 8 April 2023. He was arrested along with his partner Dr Nandipha Magudumana. The high-profile case has exposed corruption and some implicated in his escape were arrested and currently facing the full might of the law.
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