Two Rwandan nuns were today found guilty in a landmark Belgian trial of war crimes during the 1994 genocide in their central African nation.

A Belgian jury was today beginning its deliberations on four Rwandans - two men and two nuns - accused of war crimes in the central African homeland.

A Belgian jury was today beginning its deliberations on four Rwandans - two men and two nuns - accused of war crimes in the central African homeland.

Two nuns sat impassively in the dock today as a lawyer told how they had enthusiastically ‘‘embraced’’ genocide when it swept across Rwanda to the gates of the convent where up to 7,000 terrified people were seeking refuge.

Jury selection began today in a landmark trial at which four people including two Roman Catholic nuns are accused of aiding and abetting the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.