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ICTR finds former militia leader guilty of genocide

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    A former leader of the Interahamwe militia, Omar Serushago, was today found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), a spokesman for the court in Arusha, Tanzania, told IRIN. Serushago, who headed the Interahamwe in Gisenyi prefecture in 1994, had earlier in the day pleaded guilty to charges of genocide, murder, extermination and torture and not guilty to charges of rape. The rape charge was subsequently withdrawn at the request of the prosecution, the spokesman said. Serushago’s pre-sentencing hearing is scheduled for 29 January. He was the third person to be found guilty of genocide by the ICTR.

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