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A Rwandan ex-deputy interior minister who tricked thousands of people into hiding on a hill where they were butchered has been jailed for genocide. | |
Callixte Kalimanzira, 54, was sentenced to 30 years for his role in the 1994 slaughter. | |
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda heard he supervised massacres in the southern region of Butare. | |
More than 800-000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in the 100-day genocide that shocked the world. | |
The international tribunal - which sits in Tanzania - is due to complete its work by the end of this year, but has asked for more time. | The international tribunal - which sits in Tanzania - is due to complete its work by the end of this year, but has asked for more time. |
In his 2005 indictment, Kalimanzira was accused of luring thousands of Tutsi civilians to take refuge at Kabuye Hill in Ndora commune. | |
But when they arrived, hoping to find food and shelter, militias murdered them. | |
Kalimanzira - who was arrested in 2005 and pleaded not guilty - was also accused of seeking military and police reinforcements for the massacre. | |
He is said to have been a close ally of Rwanda's president and prime minister during the genocide. | |
According to Reuters news agency, Kalimanzira's sentencing raises the number of ICTR's judgments to 38, six of which were acquittals. | |
The ICTR was set up to try the ringleaders of the genocide. |
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