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Former mayor pleads not guilty

    NAIROBI

    The former mayor of Mabanza, Ignace Bagilishema, on Saturday pleaded not guilty to seven counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and serious violations of the Geneva Conventions, a statement from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha said. In the indictment amended last week, Bagilishema is alleged to have murdered, assisted or conspired to murder thousands of Tutsis in Kibuye prefecture in 1994.

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