Genocide kingpin dies in France

Tito Barahira, who was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity commited during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has died at the age of 72 in France. This was confirmed by lawyer Richard Gisagara who was part of the civil party during Barahira and his co-defendant's 2016 trial. The New Times reports that Barahira and his co-accused, Octavian Ngenzi, former mayors of Kabarondo in eastern Rwanda, were both sentenced to life in prison by the Paris' Cour d'Assises. They were accused of participating in the killing of Tutsis at the Kabarondo Catholic Church in April 1994. Ngenzi was charged with supervising the killing of over 1 200 people who had taken refuge in the church. They later appealed and a French court in 2019 upheld the sentences.

Full report in The New Times