Genocide trial sentence man

A UN court trying alleged masterminds of Rwanda’s genocide sentenced a former interior minister to 30 years in prison yesterday for tricking thousands of people to hide on a hill, only to watch them get slaughtered by militias.

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, which sits in Tanzania, convicted Callixte Kalimanzira, 56, of two counts of genocide and direct and public incitement to commit genocide.

“He encouraged Tutsi refugees to gather at Kabuye Hill, where he knew they will be killed in the thousands. He abused the public’s trust that he... would protect them,” said the presiding judge, Dennis Byron.