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Habyarimana plane crash ‘witness’ disappears

Young Rwandans at a genocide vigil at Amahoro National Stadium, Kigali. Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a former child soldier who was expected to testify before French judges investigating the the plane crash that killed two presidents and is believed to have sparked off the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a Rwandan who was expected to testify before French judges investigating the the plane crash that killed two presidents and is believed to have sparked off the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Emile Gafirita, also known as Emmanuel Migisha, was scheduled to travel to France to appear before Judges Marc Trévidic and Nathalie Poux but reportedly disappeared from his Nairobi hideout.

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