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Four Rwandans to face trial in Belgium

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    Meanwhile, four Rwandans living in Belgium are to face trial for their alleged participation in the Rwandan genocide of 1994, Belgian radio reported on Tuesday. It said this was the first time the Belgian law on crimes against international law would be applied, since it came into effect in 1993. The four include two Catholic nuns who reportedly failed to help Tutsis fleeing for their lives. One of the nuns is said to have provided the Hutu militias with petrol to set fire to a garage where several hundred people had taken refuge.

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