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The Man Behind 1994 Rwandan Genocide, Has Been Arrested

Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga has been arrested near Paris after 25 years on the run, according to the French justice ministry. The 84-year-old, who is Rwanda's most-wanted man and had a $5m bounty on his head, was living under a false identity in a flat in Asnieres-Sur-Seine, the ministry said. The French ministry said he had been living under a false identity in a flat in Asnieres-Sur-Seine, a commune just north of Paris. French gendarmes arrested him at 05:30 GMT on Saturday, the ministry added. A Hutu businessman, Kabuga is accused of funding militias that massacred about 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus over 100 days in 1994.