Félicien Kabuga: Rwanda genocide survivors happy with arrest

Businessman Félicien Kabuga is alleged to have financed the groups that carried out the Rwandan genocide.

Félicien Kabuga outwitted Rwandan genocide prosecutors by using 28 aliases and powerful connections.

Businessman Félicien Kabuga, who evaded capture for 26 years, says he was trying to help victims.

Félicien Kabuga, miongoni mwa watuhumiwa wa mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda, amekamatwa karibu na mji wa Paris, wizara ya sheria ya Ufaransa imetangaza.

Mfanyobiashara Félicien Kabuga, aliyekwepa kushikwa kwa 26, anasema alikuwa anajaribu kuwasaidia waathiriwa.

Kabuga mwenye miaka 84 amekuwa mafichoni kwa muda mrefu hali ya kwamba jopo la kimataifa lililobuniwa kuchunguza mauaji hayo ya 1994 liliacha kufanya kazi yake.

Felicien Kabuga, mtuhumiwa mkuu wa mauaji ya kimbari ya Rwanda ambaye alikuwa mafichoni kwa muda wa miaka 26 kabla ya kukamatwa siku chache zilizopita nchini Ufransa amekanusha mashitaka ya kuhusika na mauaji hayo.Kabuga mwenye umri wa miaka 84 jana Jumatano kupitia mkalimani aliimbia Mahakama ya Ufaransa kuwa, "yote haya ni urongo, sijaua Watutsi wowote, nilikuwa nafanya kazi nao."Mshukiwa huyo anaandamwa na makosa saba yakiwemo ya uchochezi wa mauaji ya kimbari, jinai dhidi ya binadamu na...

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