Rwandan convicted in massacre could face more prison time after German court decision
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Germany's top criminal court has ruled that there was sufficient evidence to convict a former Rwandan mayor of genocide and has sent the case back for the lower court to reconsider its earlier verdict and sentence.
Onesphore Rwabukombe, a 58-year-old former Hutu mayor, had been convicted last year of being an accessory to genocide and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. If convicted of genocide, he could get a life sentence.
The lower court found Rwabukombe incited his followers to slaughter 400 members of the Tutsi minority but the Federal Criminal Court said Thursday he appeared more actively involved.
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Rwabukombe, who sought asylum in Germany in 2002, was arrested in 2010 on an international warrant, but wasn't extradited after authorities concluded he couldn't receive a fair trial in Rwanda.