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Rwanda genocide suspect Bizimana dead: UN tribunal

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He is believed to have died around August 2000, 'based on the conclusive identification of Bizimana's remains in a grave site in Pointe Noire, the Republic of the Congo,' the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) said in a statement.

In its statement on Friday, the MICT said the"confirmation of death" was the result of an exhaustive probe by the prosecutor's office"combining advanced technology with extensive field operations, and involved exceptional cooperation with partner authorities in Rwanda, the Republic of the Congo, the Netherlands and the United States."

"The survivors' greatest wish is for the killers to face justice," said Alain Gauthier, founder of an association called the Collective of Civilian Parties for Rwanda , which campaigns for the prosecution of genocide suspects. "Otherwise, how do you explain the strange coincidence that they announce his death a few days after the arrest of Kabuga?" said Jean-Pierre Dusingizemungu, the president of IBUKA, the umbrella association for survivors of the genocide.

 

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