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Rwandan suspect in 1994 genocide sent to IRMCT

French authorities made a high-profile genocide trial possible by transferring a long-sought fugitive in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to a U.N. criminal court.

IRMCT's headshot of Rwandan fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested in the 1994 genocide
IRMCT's headshot of Rwandan fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested in the 1994 genocide (AN/IRMCT)

French authorities made it possible for a high-profile genocide trial to proceed by transferring a long-sought fugitive in the 1994 Rwanda genocide to the custody of a United Nations criminal court on Monday.

Félicien Kabuga, a wealthy 87-year-old businessman, was taken from France and placed into the custody of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, or IRMCT, at The Hague, Netherlands.

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