9 Sentenced in Killing of Genocide Witness
From Times Wire Reports
A Rwandan court sentenced nine people to death and one to life imprisonment in the killing of a survivor who was due to testify about their role in the country’s 1994 genocide, officials said.
The court ruled that the defendants were guilty of killing Emile Ntahimana last year in the province of Gikongoro.
Prosecutors said Ntahimana was among four genocide survivors who were later killed to stop them from giving evidence. Extremist Hutus killed about 800,000 people in the genocide.
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