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| Rwanda major guilty of UN murders | Rwanda major guilty of UN murders |
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| A former Rwandan army major has been found guilty of murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers in the early days of the 1994 genocide. | A former Rwandan army major has been found guilty of murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers in the early days of the 1994 genocide. |
| But Bernard Ntuyahaga, 55, was cleared by a Belgian court of the murder of then Rwandan PM Agathe Uwilingiyimana. | But Bernard Ntuyahaga, 55, was cleared by a Belgian court of the murder of then Rwandan PM Agathe Uwilingiyimana. |
| The Belgian UN peacekeepers were killed in front of Rwandan army officers, including Ntuyahaga. | The Belgian UN peacekeepers were killed in front of Rwandan army officers, including Ntuyahaga. |
| The murders triggered the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers and the genocide of some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. | The murders triggered the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers and the genocide of some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. |
| Prosecutors said Ntuyahaga took the peacekeepers from the residence of the PM, who they were trying to protect. | Prosecutors said Ntuyahaga took the peacekeepers from the residence of the PM, who they were trying to protect. |
| He then handed them over to fellow soldiers in a military camp in the capital, Kigali, where they were beaten to death, shot or slain with machetes. | He then handed them over to fellow soldiers in a military camp in the capital, Kigali, where they were beaten to death, shot or slain with machetes. |
| The 12 jurors will reconvene on Thursday to decide on the sentence. | The 12 jurors will reconvene on Thursday to decide on the sentence. |
| 'Very important day' | |
| Ntuyahaga can appeal against the verdict on procedural grounds but not on substance. | Ntuyahaga can appeal against the verdict on procedural grounds but not on substance. |
| "Sooner or later the truth will triumph, I believe that. I remain patient and I keep faith, thank you," Ntuyahaga told the court moments before the jury retired to consider its verdict. | |
| Christine Dupont, the widow of Belgian peacekeeper Christophe Dupont, said before the verdict: "It's a very important day, a day we have been waiting for the last 13 years." |