French judges dismiss genocide case against Habyarimana's widow
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In the dismissal order, the investigating judges said there was no evidence pinning Habyarimana as a genocide perpetrator, but only as a victim of a terror attack in which her husband - then President Juvenal Habyarimana - was killed
Breakdown
- French judges dismissed the case against Agathe Habyarimana due to lack of evidence.
- The dismissal reduces the likelihood of Habyarimana being tried for conspiracy to commit genocide. 8s
- Prosecutors plan to appeal the judges' decision. 18s
- Judges found no evidence linking Habyarimana to genocide, identifying her as a victim of the attack that killed her husband. 24s
- The investigation began after a 2008 complaint and was previously closed in 2022 before being reopened. 1m 3s