Rwanda: Suicides take toll on genocide tribunals

The ongoing legal effort to assign blame and punishment for atrocities committed during the 1994 Rwanda genocide is being hamstrung by a rash of suicides among the suspects. Sixty-nine suspects killed themselves and 44 others attempted suicide during the last nine months of last year. While family members mourn the suicides, others say the accused should testify about all they know about the genocide and be made to suffer for any crimes they might have committed, according to the Washington Post.