10 Sentenced to Die for Rwanda Genocide
A court sentenced 10 people to death and 23 others to life imprisonment for their roles in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, state-run radio reported Saturday.
The defendants were convicted of “Class A” crimes--which include organizing militias, leading killings and rape--during the slaying of Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus, Radio Rwanda reported.
More than 800,000 people were killed in the massacre organized by the former Hutu government. Tutsi-led rebels stopped the genocide in July 1994 when they seized control of the country.
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