A court in Sweden has today sentenced Stanislas Mbanenande to life in prison for participating in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, where over one million innocent people were systematically killed in three months.

The Stockholm District Court convicted Mbanenande of Genocide, saying he was involved in the slaying of thousands of people in the then Kibuye Prefecture, western Rwanda, between April and June 1994.

The court said Mbanenande had an informal role as leader among Interahamwe extremist militias in Kibuye and was involved in arranging several massacres, including those in the Nyamishaba school, a Catholic church, the hotel Home St. Jean and Gatwaro stadium. The court says he also shot at people personally with an automatic rifle.

Mbanenande denied the charges. It isn’t clear if he would appeal.