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Wanted Rwandan fugitive, Fulgence Kayishema, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrates Court on Friday following his arrest on an Interpol Red Notice.
He was arrested by members of a multi-disciplinary task team on a farm in Paarl this week.
Hawks national spokesperson, Brigadier Thandi Mbombo, said the 61-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday and was wanted by UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for "genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide and crimes against humanity in Rwanda, 1994.
She said he was living under a false name, Donatien Nibashumba.
"According to the arrest warrant issued and IRMCT indictment, the fugitive was the Police Inspector in Rwanda who allegedly played a significant role in the planning and execution of genocide where more than 2000 people were killed in 1994," Mbombo said.
Meanwhile, the National Prosecuting Authority said in January 2000, Kayishema gave local authorities false information, stating he was a Burundian national.
NPA spokesperson, Eric Ntabazalila, said he did the same in 2004 when he applied for formal refugee status and stayed in the country illegally.
He said the matter was postponed for seven days for further investigation, adding that there is also a possibility of more charges being added.
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