A PASTOR from Rwanda’s Episcopal Church and a former army major were condemned to death for genocide Thursday by a special military tribunal, official radio announced from Kigali on Thursday. “The military court condemned to death gendarmerie major Anne-Marie Nyirahakizimana and pastor Anastase Ngirinshuti for genocide, murder and association with criminals,” the radio said. It is the first time that such a senior officer of the former army has been condemned by a Rwandan court for genocide in 1994, when between 500000 and 800000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered. The court also set damages at around $40-million which will be paid to victims by the guilty and by the Rwandan state and also by the Episcopal church of Rwanda, according to court president, Colonel Jackson Rwahama.
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