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Séraphin Twahirwa at his trial in Belgium for genocide in Rwanda.
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"They were founders of a ruthless militia in Kigali"

Pierre Basabosé and Séraphin Twahirwa were behind a group of murderous Interahamwe in the Gikondo sector of Kigali in 1994. This was the Belgian prosecutor’s conclusion presented on Monday December 4 at the end of their trial before the Brussels Assize Court. Basabosé was the militia's "financier", while Twahirwa "led" the militia, according to the […]
By Gaëlle Ponselet (our correspondent in Belgium)
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