The French court, Cour d’ Assises Paris is set to deliver a verdict in a case involving genocide suspect Claude Muhayimana on Thursday, December 16.
The trial started on November 22 after being postponed on several occasions.
Muhayimana faces charges of genocide, complicity in genocide, and crimes against humanity, mainly committed in his home area of Kibuye (presently Karongi District) during the Genocide against the Tutsi.
He is particularly accused of participating in the massacre of the Tutsi in the Saint-Jean compound in the town of Kibuye and in Gatwaro stadium, killing people in the area.
After proving his participation in genocide crimes, the French prosecution requested that he should be sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
Muhayimana worked as a driver at a hotel in the former Kibuye prefecture in western Rwanda, and he is accused of transporting Interahamwe militia to various localities where they massacred Tutsis.
He is said to have worked closely with then prefect of Kibuye, Clément Kayishema, who ordered the massacre of thousands of people who had sought refuge at the stadium.
