{A Swedish court has sentenced a 61-year-old man to life in prison for genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the second such case by the Nordic country. } <\/p>\n
The Stockholm District Court said Claver Berinkindi, a Swedish citizen originally from Rwanda, was convicted of genocide and gross crime under international law consisting of murder, attempted murder and kidnapping in Rwanda.<\/p>\n
“This relates to participation in a large number of massacres during the 1994 genocide where the defendant had an informal role as a leader,” the court said in a statement.
\nUnder Swedish law, courts can try Swedish citizens and other nationals for crimes committed abroad.<\/p>\n
The court said fifteen crime victims had been awarded damages ranging from 3 million Rwandan francs ($3,781) to 10 million francs ($12,602). It was the first time a Swedish court had awarded damages to victims of genocide.<\/p>\n
Over 1,000,000 people were killed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. <\/p>\n
According to the Stockholm court verdict, Berinkindi, who arrived in Sweden in 2002 and became a Swedish citizen in 2012, was convicted in absentia of genocide-related crimes by a Rwandan Gacaca community court in 2007.<\/p>\n
He was charged in Sweden in September 2015.<\/p>\n
The district court ruling can be appealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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