Monday, 31 August 2020

'Hotel Rwanda' inspiration Paul Rusesabagina held on terror charges

Rusesabagina’s role saving refugees during 1994 genocide inspired award-winning film A businessman whose role in saving more than a thousand lives inspired the film Hotel Rwanda has been arrested on terrorism-related charges in the small east African country. Paul Rusesabagina, 66, was the general manager of a luxury hotel in Kigali, the capital, during the 1994 genocide, in which an estimated 800,000 people were killed with knives, clubs and other weapons. Continue reading...
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