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 ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) - A U.N. tribunal sentenced a former local government official in western Rwanda to six years in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to committing crimes against humanity and apologized for his role in the 1994 genocide.
Vincent Rutaganira, 60, was accused of directing police and extremist Hutu militias to kill thousands of Tutsis who had sought refuge in a church in Rwanda's western Kibuye province.
Rutaganira, who was a councilor in Kibuye, was initially charged with 19 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the Geneva Conventions.
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