Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91

Félicien Kabuga, a 91-year-old Rwandan suspect accused of bankrolling the 1994 genocide, has died in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, while in U.N. custody. His trial began in 2022, nearly three decades after the massacre that killed 800,000 people, but in 2023, judges declared him unfit to stand trial due to dementia. Kabuga was charged with genocide, incitement, and other crimes, to which he pleaded not guilty. An investigation into his death has been ordered. He was arrested in France in 2020 after an arrest warrant was issued in 2013. His unfitness for trial had angered genocide survivors who felt he deserved a maximum sentence.

Felicien Kabuga, a 91-year-old Rwandan suspect accused of encouraging and bankrolling the 1994 genocide against Rwanda's Tutsi minority, has died in a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, while in custody. His trial commenced in 2022, almost thirty years after the 100-day massacre that resulted in 800,000 deaths. In 2023, judges deemed Kabuga unfit to continue standing trial due to dementia. The court had planned to establish a procedure to continue hearing evidence without the possibility of a conviction.