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Gumisiriza acquitted

KIGALI - The Military Tribunal of Kigali has ruled that Brig. Gen. Wilson Gumisiriza and Maj. Wilson Ukwishaka were Friday acquitted for the murders of ten Catholic clergymen, including three bishops in June 1994 in Kabgayi, Southern Province. The court ruling presided over by Brig. Gen. Steven Karyango ordered the immediate release of the two senior officers who had earlier been charged together with Captains John Butera and (rtd) Dieudonné Rukeba. The prosecution had charged the two senior RDF Commanders with command responsibility and complicity because the crimes were committed by their subordinates.
WAITING TO EXHALE: Brig. Gen. Wilson Gumisiriza and Maj. Wilson Ukwishaka at the Military Tribunal of Kigali before they were acquited yesterday. (Photo / G.Barya).
WAITING TO EXHALE: Brig. Gen. Wilson Gumisiriza and Maj. Wilson Ukwishaka at the Military Tribunal of Kigali before they were acquited yesterday. (Photo / G.Barya).
Edwin Musoni