Belgian prosecutors today demanded life sentences today for two Benedictine nuns convicted of genocide in Rwanda.

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.