Hero who saved hundreds of children during Rwandan genocide dies aged 61

Damas Gisimba, centre, sheltered more than 400 children and adults in his Kigali orphanage. Photograph: Gisimba Memorial Center Photograph: Gisimba Memorial Center

Damas Gisimba, who sheltered and saved the lives of hundreds of people during the Rwandan genocide, has died. He was 61.

In 1994, Gisimba and his brother were running an orphanage founded by their parents in Kigali, the Rwandan capital.