France drops probe into attack that sparked Rwanda genocide

France drops probe into attack that sparked Rwanda genocide
A picture taken on April 30, 2018, shows collected victims' bones and skulls from a newly discovered pit which was used as mass grave during 1994 Rwandan genocide and hidden under a house at the local administration office in Kabuga, the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda. (AFP)
Updated 26 December 2018
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France drops probe into attack that sparked Rwanda genocide

France drops probe into attack that sparked Rwanda genocide
  • French judges have dropped their long-running investigation into the deadly 1994 attack
  • The probe has been a major source of tension between the two countries

PARIS: French judges have dropped their long-running investigation into the deadly 1994 attack on former Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, which sparked the country's genocide, a legal source told AFP on Wednesday.
The probe has been a major source of tension between the two countries after seven people close to current Rwandan President Paul Kagame were charged in the French probe.