The remains of Augustin Bizimana, one of the most wanted suspects of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, have been found, a UN war crimes prosecutor says.
They were discovered in a grave in Congo-Brazzaville where DNA tests confirmed his identity and that he had been dead for 20 years.
He was defence minister when about 800,000 people were killed in 100 days.
The late Bizimana was indicted in 1998 by a UN tribunal on 13 charges, including genocide, murder, rape and torture.
The announcement of his death follows the arrest in Paris last weekend of Félicien Kabuga, who is accused of being the major financier of the killers during the genocide. END
