The action will allow the already detained Fulgence Kayishema to be extradited to Tanzania for trial, the court has said
Long-time Rwandan fugitive Fulgence Kayishema, who has been in custody in South Africa since May for his alleged role in the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis during the 1994 genocide, has been re-arrested.
The latest development on Tuesday comes after the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) requested that Kayishema be extradited to Arusha, Tanzania, to stand trial for genocide.
Kayishema, 62, a former Rwandan police chief, has been held in the Western Cape High Court holding cells following his initial arrest on a farm in Paarl in a joint operation by UN investigators and South African authorities.
His lawyer, Juan Smuts told local media outlet News24 that he and the suspect’s family were taken by surprise by the re-arrest order.
Smuts said his client was due to appear in the Cape Town…
