International prosecutor expects at least 2 Kenya election violence cases, up to 6 suspects

Prosecutor expects 2 Kenya election violence cases

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court prosecutor says he expects to launch at least two cases with up to three suspects each in the deadly postelection violence in Kenya in 2007 and 2008.

Luis Moreno Ocampo says he has a list of 20 possible suspects made up of political and business leaders from both sides of Kenya’s political divide.

Moreno Ocampo said Thursday he will prosecute “those most responsible” for violence that erupted after Kenya’s disputed 2007 presidential election.

The fighting left more than 1,000 dead and forced 600,000 from their homes.

Judges at the world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal on Wednesday authorized Moreno Ocampo to open an investigation in Kenya.

He said he would travel to Kenya next month.