Rwanda suspect denies killings but ‘sorry’ over genocide

CAPE TOWN — One of Rwanda genocide’s most wanted remaining suspects, accused of ordering the death of 2,000 people hiding in a church, has denied any involvement though said he was “sorry” for the 1994 killings.

On the run for two decades, Fulgence Kayishema was arrested on Wednesday, May 24, under a false name on a grape farm in South Africa where, according to a prosecutor, fellow refugees gave him up.

Entering court for a first hearing with a bible and book emblazoned with “Jesus first,” the 62-year-old was asked by a journalist if he had anything to say to victims.

“What I can say? We are sorry to hear what was happening,” he responded, coming up from holding cells at …

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