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Belgium convicts two Rwandans of genocide

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    A Belgian court sentenced on Wednesday Rwandan businessman Etienne Nzabonimana and his half-brother, Samuel Ndashyikirwa, to 12 and 10 years imprisonment respectively.

    They were convicted of directing Hutu militias in killing some 50,000 Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus in Rwanda’s southeastern province of Kibungo during the 1994 genocide.

    The Brussels daily newspaper Le Soir reported on Thursday that they were found guilty of providing "weapons, vehicles and beer" to the militias as well as supervising killings in churches and markets.

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