The prosecutor assigned to locate the remaining fugitives from the UN war crimes court for Rwanda on Tuesday confirmed the death of genocide suspect Aloys Ndimbati.
Over the past three years, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) has apprehended two Rwandan genocide suspects. Additionally, the deaths of four other fugitives, including Ndimbati, have been confirmed.
UN prosecutors stated in a released statement that they determined Ndimbati had passed away in Rwanda back in 1997.
“While the exact circumstances of his death have not been determined owing to the confusion and absence of order at the time, the evidence gathered by the office of the prosecutor demonstrates that Ndimbati did not leave the Gatore area, and that he was never seen or heard from again,” the statement said.
Ndimbati, a Rwandan public official during the 1994 genocide, was accused of orchestrating and overseeing the mass killings of thousands of Tutsis. He faced numerous charges related to genocide.
During the tragic period of 1994, over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were brutally killed by Hutu extremists. These atrocities were orchestrated by the Rwandan army and a militant group known as the Interahamwe, lasting for a span of 100 days.
The previous UN tribunals for war crimes in Rwanda and Yugoslavia have been amalgamated into a succeeding court, which maintains offices both in The Hague, Netherlands, and in Arusha, Tanzania.
There are presently no outstanding fugitives from the Yugoslavia tribunal, and currently, only two suspects remain at large for the Rwanda tribunal.
