The death of the “King of Assassins” .. Orchestrated in 100 days massacres that killed hundreds of thousands in Rwanda
Bagosora was serving a sentence of 35 years in prison.
The former Rwandan army colonel, Theoneste Bagosora, who was convicted of masterminding a genocide in his country, in which 800,000 people died in 1994, has died.
Bagosora, 80, was serving a prison sentence in Mali.
In the first stage, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda sentenced Bagosora to life imprisonment, but the sentence was reduced to 35 years.
His son Achille told the BBC that his father died in Bamako hospital, where he was receiving treatment for heart problems.
800,000 people, mostly Tutsis, died in the 100 days of the genocide.
The massacres began after a plane carrying the then Rwandan President, Juvenal Habyarimana, was shot down on April 6, 1994, killing all those on board.
Bogosora was arrested two years later in Cameroon, where he fled after the Rwandan Patriotic Front, led by Paul Kagame, seized power in the country.
He was indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2008 for crimes against humanity and for orchestrating the assassination of several political figures, including Prime Minister Agath Oelengimana.
Bogosora insisted at trial that he was the victim of propaganda from the current Tutsi-dominated Rwandan government.
Canadian Army Major General Romeo Dallaire, who commanded UN peacekeepers during the genocide, described Bogosora as the "mastermind" of the killings.
He added that the former colonel threatened to kill him.
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