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Sweden: Refugee From Rwanda Convicted in 1994 Genocide

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A Swedish citizen originally from Rwanda was sentenced to life in prison Monday for his role in the 1994 genocide in the African country. Claver Berinkindi was found guilty of genocide and gross violation of international law. Some 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, were killed by Hutu extremists during the Rwandan genocide, according to the U.N. The Stockholm district court said Berinkindi, 61, was an informal low-level Hutu leader who took part in massacres of civilians...

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