The UN war crimes prosecutor overseeing the hunt for fugitives linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide has verified the death of Aloys Ndimbati.
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) has, in the past three years, apprehended two genocide suspects and confirmed four deaths, including Ndimbati’s.
UN prosecutors, in a Tuesday statement, stated Ndimbati died in 1997 in Rwanda. Although the exact circumstances remain unclear due to chaos at the time, evidence suggests he never left the Gatore area. Ndimbati, a former Rwandan official, faced genocide charges for orchestrating Tutsi killings.
Over 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus fell victim to the 1994 genocide led by hardline Hutus.
A genocide survivor expressed disappointment, wishing Ndimbati had faced accountability.
The UN tribunals for Rwanda and Yugoslavia have merged into a successor court. Meanwhile, as the prosecutor’s statement emerged, a Rwandan doctor, Sosthene Munyemana, faces trial in France on genocide and crimes against humanity charges related to the 1994 genocide.
The trial, starting nearly 30 years after a 1995 complaint, may result in life imprisonment if Munyemana is convicted.