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Ex-military cop found guilty of Rwanda genocide sentenced to life

Commemoration of the 29th anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda on April 7, 2023. [File, VOA]

A Paris court has sentenced a former Rwandan military policeman to life imprisonment for genocide and crimes against humanity committed in the 1994 Rwanda massacre.

In a court hearing on Wednesday, June 29, Philippe Hategekimana, the accused was found guilty of nearly all the charges against him.

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