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Military trial resumes after five-month postponement

    NAIROBI

    The trial of four senior Rwandan military officers which opened on 2 April 2002 at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) resumed on Monday after a five-month postponement.

    The accused on trial are Col Theoneste Bagosora, former chief of cabinet in the ministry of defence; Lt Col Anatole Nsengiyumva, former commander of military operations in Gisenyi sector; Maj Aloys Ntabakuze, former commander of para-commando battalion; and Brig Gen Gratien Kabiligi, former chief of military operations.

    The trial was postponed a day after it opened, on 3 April, because "the judges felt that more time was needed by both the prosecution and the defence to ensure the trial would proceed smoothly," UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said at the time.

    Charges against the accused include genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide and crimes against humanity.

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