Felicien Kabuga, Rwandan Genocide Suspect, Dies in UN Custody at 93

The Hague. The United Nations court said that Felicien Kabuga, one of the main suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has died in custody. He was 93 years old. Kabuga was arrested in France in 2020 after being on the run for more than two decades. He was then extradited to The Hague.

Later, the court ruled that he was unfit to stand trial due to dementia. It was also determined that he could not be returned to Rwanda due to his poor health. As no country wanted to accept him, Kabuga had been living in a United Nations detention center. The court has ordered an investigation into the circumstances of his death.

Former businessman and radio operator Kabuga was among the last fugitives in the genocide case. In the genocide, extremist Hutu groups killed more than 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutu community members within 100 days. 

Prosecutors had accused Kabuga of spreading hate propaganda through his radio organization Radio Television Libre des Mille Collines and of helping to supply weapons to Hutu militias.