International Criminal Court to start prosecutions in Kenya’s postelection violence

Int’l court to launch cases in Kenya violence

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, says he will launch cases against as many as six suspected instigators of postelection violence in Kenya that left more than 1,000 people dead in 2007-08.

Luis Moreno Ocampo says in a statement he will present two separate cases to judges before the end of the year charging between four and six people he believes “bear the greatest responsibility for the most serious crimes.”

Tuesday’s statement did not mention the names of any potential suspects or give more detail on when Moreno Ocampo would file the cases to judges at the court, who would have to authorize any arrest warrants.