A 2006 French inquiry with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda accused Nyamwasa , Kagame and four other officials of organizing the shooting down the plane of then Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana . The event is cited as the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide . Nyamwasa has also been accused by Spain of ordering the killing of three Spanish NGO workers and a Canadian priest . The group allegedly were targeted because they had evidence of the RPF killing Hutu civilians
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Kayumba Nyamwasa