Augustin Bizimungu: Difference between revisions

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An ethnic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu Hutu], Bizimungu held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the FAR on 6 April 1994. That day, following the death of army chief of staff Déogratias Nsabimana in a plane crash alongside President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], Bizimungu was promoted to Major-General and appointed as permanent chief of the army.

Upon fleeing the country following the RPF victory, he allegedly said "the RPF will rule over a desert."

Upon fleeing the country following the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front|RPF]] victory, he allegedly said "the RPF will rule over a desert."

On 12 April 2002, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] (ICTR) issued an arrest warrant for Bizimungu, who was apparently working with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola Angolan] rebel movement [[UNITA]]. In August 2002, he was arrested by the Angolan government and taken to the U.N. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime War Crimes] Tribunal in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania Tanzania]. The trial adjourned until September 2008, whereupon Bizimungu was tried along with fellow FAR officers [[Augustin Ndindiliyimana]] (Chief of Staff of the National Gendarmerie), [[François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye]] (Commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Rwandan Army) and [[Innocent Sagahutu]] (Second-in-Command of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Rwandan Army). Bizimungu was sentenced to thirty years in prison for his part in the genocide on 17 May 2011.

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 An ethnic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutu Hutu], Bizimungu held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the FAR on 6 April 1994. That day, following the death of army chief of staff Déogratias Nsabimana in a plane crash alongside President [[Juvénal Habyarimana]], Bizimungu was promoted to Major-General and appointed as permanent chief of the army.
-Upon fleeing the country following the RPF victory, he allegedly said "the RPF will rule over a desert."
+Upon fleeing the country following the [[Rwandan Patriotic Front|RPF]] victory, he allegedly said "the RPF will rule over a desert."
 On 12 April 2002, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_Rwanda International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda] (ICTR) issued an arrest warrant for Bizimungu, who was apparently working with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola Angolan] rebel movement [[UNITA]]. In August 2002, he was arrested by the Angolan government and taken to the U.N. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime War Crimes] Tribunal in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania Tanzania]. The trial adjourned until September 2008, whereupon Bizimungu was tried along with fellow FAR officers [[Augustin Ndindiliyimana]] (Chief of Staff of the National Gendarmerie), [[François-Xavier Nzuwonemeye]] (Commander of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Rwandan Army) and [[Innocent Sagahutu]] (Second-in-Command of the Reconnaissance Battalion of the Rwandan Army). Bizimungu was sentenced to thirty years in prison for his part in the genocide on 17 May 2011.