14 year jail term in Germany's first Rwandan genocide trial

A court in Frankfurt has sent a former Rwandan mayor to prison for 14 years. He had been accused of organizing one of the massacres in the 1994 genocide.

• Author Hilke Fischer / mc-17.02.2014

The accused has lived in Germany since 2002
In the bare Frankfurt courtroom, the horrifying events of April 11, 1994 were being recalled. Witnesses told how they had sought safety from the Hutu militia by fleeing to a church in Kiziguro.

14 Year Jail Term in Germany's First Rwandan Genocide Trial by Thavam Ratna