French human rights organization Survie filed a legal complaint on Monday, seeking an investigation into the deaths of two French military officers and a civilian during the Rwandan genocide.
The complaint alleges the three were killed under mysterious circumstances shortly after witnessing the assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana in April 1994.
The complaint details the deaths of radio technician Alain Didot, his wife Gilda Didot, and military police officer Rene Maier.
Alain Didot arrived in Rwanda in 1992 to advise the Rwandan army and secure French embassy communications.
Rene Maier joined him in 1993. The complaint claims a French intelligence note suggests they may have been eliminated for witnessing Habyarimana’s assassination, which sparked the genocide that claimed over 800,000 lives.
The complaint further details inconsistencies.
The bodies were retrieved by Belgian peacekeepers and repatriated through Central Africa, with eight conflicting death certificates issued for the three victims.
No autopsy or official investigation was ever conducted. Survie seeks to establish responsibility for their deaths, which remain shrouded in mystery three decades later.
Rwanda’s president, Paul Kagame, recently criticized the international community’s inaction during the genocide.
The country has since rebuilt under Kagame’s leadership, who led the rebel forces that ended the mass killings.
