Fulgence Kayishema, a former judicial police inspector who played an active role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, was arrested on Thursday in South Africa, according to UN investigators.
Since 800,000 Rwandans, mostly from the Tutsi tribe were butchered in the tragic genocide of 1994, the key actors in the genocide have been on the run, evading justice.
Fulgence Kayishema is one of the last four remaining fugitives sought for their role in the Rwandan genocide.
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) announced the arrest of Mr Kayishema in a statement.
“Yesterday afternoon, Fulgence Kayishema – one of the world’s most wanted genocide fugitives – was arrested in Paarl, South Africa in a joint operation,” MICT said.
Mr Kayishema faces charges of crime against humanity, genocide, and complicity and conspiracy to commit genocide.
According to the MICT website, Mr Kayishema was born in 1961 and has been on the run since 2001.
He is charged with the killing of…