Indicted Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga appears before French court

Indicted Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga appears before French court
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Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, indicted in his absence on charges of bankrolling ethnic militias that massacred some 800,000 people in 1994, was brought before a French court on Wednesday. In his first appearance in public in more than two decades, the octogenarian was brought into the courtroom in a wheelchair, dressed in jeans and a blue jumper, and wearing a face mask.

He spoke to confirm his identity. Kabuga was arrested on Saturday in a Paris suburb and the court is to decide whether to transfer him for a trial to a U.N. war crimes tribunal.

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