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Former army chief gets 30 years for Genocide
ARUSHA - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) yesterday sentenced the former Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Augustin Bizimungu, to 30 years in jail for his involvement in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.He was convicted on six counts of genocide, crimes against humanity for murder, extermination and rape and violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and Additional protocol II (murder; rape, humiliating treatment).
Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga.