PARIS (Reuters) – Rwandan genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga, whose arrest on Saturday ended 26 years on the run, was a frail, elderly man who stated little to neighbours and who would take a stroll most days beyond his home in a well-off suburban area of Paris.
FILE PICTURE: A view reveals the apartment building where Rwanda genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was apprehended in Asnieres-sur-Seine near Paris, France Might 16,2020 REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Image
Kabuga, 84, Rwanda’s a lot of desired man with a $5 million bounty on his head, had actually been living under an incorrect name in a five-storey home block in Asnieres-sur-Seine with the assistance of his children, according to France’s justice ministry.
Police detained him early on Saturday.
” I would see this man heading out, maybe once a day, alone or with someone,” said Jean-Yves Breneol, 72, a resident in the same block where Kabuga lived. “He would not say a word, nothing.”
Breneol stated he believed Kabuga might have lived in the building for 4 or 5 years.
” We didn’t understand his name, absolutely nothing,” he continued.
It is not known how or when Kabuga went into France.
But neighbours stated they were stunned to discover that a guy wanted by a United Nations tribunal on 7 criminal charges including genocide and incitement to commit genocide, all in relation to the 1994 Rwandan genocide, had actually been living amongst them.
” What’s happened is stunning,” said a se