Africa News of Friday, 20 December 2019
Source: bbc.com
Belgian court to sentence Rwandan for genocide
Fabien Neretse (L) is the first person to be convicted in Belgium on such a charge
A Belgian court is due to sentence a 71-year-old agricultural scientist for genocide in Rwanda, later on Friday.
On Thursday the court in Brussels found former Rwandan official Fabien Neretse guilty of genocide and war crimes during the massacres in his country in 1994.
He was found guilty of ordering nine murders in Rwanda in April and July 1994.
The prosecution also showed that he had attended public rallies encouraging fellow members of the Hutu ethnic group to slaughter the minority Tutsi community, reports Deutsche Welle news site.
He reportedly maintained his innocence throughout the trial.
But prosecutors said that he had been living a lie for a quarter of a century, reports the AFP news agency.
He now faces a possible life sentence.
