French Court Ends Probe of 1994 Shootdown of Rwandan Leader’s Plane that Preceded Genocide

A French high court has rejected an attempt by families of victims to reopen an inconclusive investigation into the 1994 downing of then-Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana’s aircraft that killed him and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira, setting in motion the Rwandan genocide.