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Rwandan gets 20 years for killing Belgian soldiers

05 Jul 2007 11:46:59 GMT
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BRUSSELS, July 5 (Reuters) - A Belgian court sentenced a former Rwandan army major to 20 years in prison on Thursday for the murder of 10 Belgian peacekeepers at the start of the 1994 genocide.

The jury also found Bernard Ntuyahaga guilty of the killing of an undetermined number of Rwandan civilians but acquitted him of the murder of then Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.

Ntuyahaga's lawyer said on Wednesday his client would appeal against the verdict on procedural grounds as Belgian law does not allow appeals on substance at this stage of procedure.

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