Rwanda: France Sentences Two Former Rwandan Mayors to Life for Genocide

Octavian Ngenzi, 58, and Tito Barahira, 64, former mayors of Kabarondo in eastern Rwanda, were Wednesday both sentenced to life in prison by the Paris' Cour d'Assises, in France.

They were found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity commited during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in a verdict read at 19hrs40.

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