Survivors Welcome Arrest of Genocide Fugitive Fulgence Kayishema NewTimesRwanda: Rwanda
The 63-year-old former head of the genocidal government's judicial police in the former Kibuye prefecture is alleged to have played a key role in planning and implementing the killing of approximately 2,000 Tutsi - women, men, children and elderly - at the Nyange Catholic Church during the 1994 Genocide.
"It is good news that after more than 29 years on the run, he has finally been arrested and is going to be brought before the courts," he said.Kayishema, a man who committed genocide at his birthplace in the former Kibuye Prefecture, had been on the run for nearly three decades, first disguising himself as a Burundian national and then as a Malawian, and using multiple names and aliases, to evade capture.
To evade arrest, relied on a network of supporters, including family members, members of the former Rwandan army and FDLR, and those aligned with the Hutu Power ideology. Available information indicates that Kayishema was born in Nyange Sector, Kivumu Commune, Kibuye Prefecture in Rwanda in 1959 or 1961.
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