Rwanda genocide suspect to claim asylum in South Africa, lawyer says, complicating extradition

By GERALD IMRAY
Associated Press

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A lawyer for one of the last remaining suspects accused of orchestrating the brutal killings during the Rwandan genocide nearly 30 years ago says his client will apply for political asylum in South Africa. The move will potentially further delay Fulgence Kayishema’s extradition to his home country to face a genocide trial. The former police officer in Rwanda is one of the last four fugitives being sought by a United Nations tribunal for genocide and crimes against humanity related to the 100 days of horror that unfolded in the East African nation in 1994. Now 62 years old, he was arrested last month in the small town of Paarl near Cape Town, South Africa, having been on the run for half his life.