![]() He is to be held at Cape Town's maximum security Pollsmoor prison until a next court appearance scheduled for June 2. ![]() They include "genocide" and conspiracy to commit genocide "relating to the slaughter of more than 2,000 people in Rwanda in 1994," prosecutor Nathan Adriaanse told the court.Īt the end of a short hearing, magistrate Ronel Oliver remanded him into custody. The 62-year-old appeared calm and composed as a state prosecutor read out the accusations against him. I didn't have any role."įlanked by armed officers with helmets and bullet-proof vests, Kayishema briefly held up a prayer book titled "Jesus First" before identifying himself to the court. "There was a civil war in that time and people were killing each other. "What I can say, we are sorry to hear what was happening," he said, asked if he had anything to say to the victims. Wearing a blue jacket, black trousers and spectacles, he denied any role in the massacre after being quizzed by a local journalist before entering the packed courtroom. He allegedly took part in one of the genocide's bloodiest episodes, when thousands of men, women and children who had sought shelter in a church were slaughtered. Fulgence Kayishema, one of the last fugitives sought over the 1994 Rwanda genocide, appeared before a court in the South African city of Cape Town on Friday, two days after being arrested following 22 years on the run. ![]()
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