Gakenke Mayor cleared of Genocide charges

HUYE – The Mayor of Gakenke district who had been accused of Genocide charges at the National University of Rwanda (NUR), was yesterday declared not guilty by Gacaca Court in Ngoma Sector, Huye district. Pierre Damien Hakizayezu, was cleared of charges including complicity in Genocide and inciting students to commit Genocide at NUR, while in his final year at the university, during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.