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Over 800,000 people were killed in the genocide, which is also called the "100 Days of Hell." |
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda says it will issue a life sentence for a former Rwandan official accused of genocide of Tutsis in 1994.
When Hutu soldiers massacred thousands of Tutsis in Gisagara, Dominique Ntawukulilyayo, 68, was the senior official of the region, AFP reported.
Ntawukulilyayo guided the Hutu troops to the hill where thousands of Tutsis had escaped and found refuge, the prosecution says.
"The only proper sentence the accused deserves is life imprisonment. There are no mitigating factors in this case," said Thembile Segoete, the ICTR prosecutor.
Life imprisonment is the ICTR's heaviest sentence.
When the Rwandan Patriotic Front forces, led by current Rwandan President Paul Kagame, took over the country and ended the genocide in 1994, Ntawukulilyayo escaped to Europe. In October 2007, he was arrested in the French city of Carcassone.
The ICTR which is based in Arusha, Tanzania, is trying the Hutu extremists who organized the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Over 800,000 people were killed in the genocide, which is also called the "100 Days of Hell." Most of the victims were Tutsis but a large number of moderate Hutus were also killed.
The extremists who implemented the genocide plan are called genociders or genocideurs in French.
When Hutu soldiers massacred thousands of Tutsis in Gisagara, Dominique Ntawukulilyayo, 68, was the senior official of the region, AFP reported.
Ntawukulilyayo guided the Hutu troops to the hill where thousands of Tutsis had escaped and found refuge, the prosecution says.
"The only proper sentence the accused deserves is life imprisonment. There are no mitigating factors in this case," said Thembile Segoete, the ICTR prosecutor.
Life imprisonment is the ICTR's heaviest sentence.
When the Rwandan Patriotic Front forces, led by current Rwandan President Paul Kagame, took over the country and ended the genocide in 1994, Ntawukulilyayo escaped to Europe. In October 2007, he was arrested in the French city of Carcassone.
The ICTR which is based in Arusha, Tanzania, is trying the Hutu extremists who organized the Rwandan genocide of 1994.
Over 800,000 people were killed in the genocide, which is also called the "100 Days of Hell." Most of the victims were Tutsis but a large number of moderate Hutus were also killed.
The extremists who implemented the genocide plan are called genociders or genocideurs in French.
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