Theoneste Bagosora, architect of Rwanda genocide, dies aged 80

Theoneste Bagosora, architect of Rwanda genocide, dies aged 80

The former army colonel, who was sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity, died in hospital in Mali

Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed, has died in a hospital in Mali.

His son Achille Bagosora announced the death in a Facebook post: “Rest in Peace, Papa.”

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