The remains of Augustin Bizimana, a suspected top Rwandan genocide leader, were confirmed on Friday through DNA testing, according to a statement by United Nations prosecutor Serge Brammertz.

"Subsequent investigations and comparative DNA analysis by the office over the last several months ruled out that the remains were those of any other person," said Brammertz in a statement, referring to Bizimana.

Bizimana was indicted in 1998 by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on 13 counts of genocide, complicity in genocide, extermination, murder, rape, torture, other inhumane acts, persecution, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity.

However forensic tests were carried out in late 2019 and more analysis was conducted in order for the prosecutor to confirm that these remains were actually Bizimana.

Bizimana's identification and the arrest of Félicien Kabuga last Saturday mean that two of the top three fugitives suspected of genocide have been tracked down.