GENOCIDE FUGITIVE DEAD

THE last major fugitive wanted for his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, Protais Mpiranya, died in Zimbabwe back in 2006, UN prosecutors probing the case said yesterday. Charged with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, Mpiranya at the time of the genocide commanded Rwanda’s presidential guard, accused of targeted assassinations during the 100-day massacre of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. There were now only five outstanding fugitives wanted by the UN tribunal. |