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Two sentenced to death for genocide

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    Two genocide suspects were Thursday sentenced to death by a criminal court in Rushashi, Rwanda, according to the Rwandan News Agency (RNA). The agency quoted state-run Radio Rwanda as reporting on Friday that the court sentenced five others to life imprisonment while 17 were given jail terms ranging from two to seven years. The court released six other suspects but ordered two of them to pay for cattle they butchered that had belonged to Tutsi victims. Over 125,000 genocide suspects are awaiting trial in Rwandan prisons, according to RNA.

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