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Rwanda genocide official jailed for 25 years

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has sentenced the former head of legal affairs at the Ministry of Defence to 25 years in prison.

Lieut-Col Eprem Setako was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity.

He was convicted of ordering the killing of at least 30 people at a military camp in 1994.
Read entire article at BBC