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Rwandan genocide suspect seeks asylum in South Africa

Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema appears in the Cape Town Magistrates court, in Cape Town, South Africa [File: Nic Bothma/Reuters]

Ex-Rwandan police officer Fulgence Kayishema, accused of participating in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has abandoned his application for bail and applied for asylum in South Africa, prosecuting authorities announced on Tuesday.

Kayishema, who has been on the run since 2001, was arrested last month under the false name of Donatien Nibashumba on a grape farm outside Cape Town.

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