Sweden: Refugee from Rwanda convicted in 1994 genocide

Claver Berinkindi was on Monday found guilty of genocide and gross violation of international law. The Stockholm district court said the 61-year-old was an informal low-level Hutu leader who took part in massacres of civilians in Muyira and Butare in southern Rwanda.

Rwandan authorities initially wanted to prosecute him there but since he’s a Swedish citizen he couldn’t be extradited.

Berinkindi came to Sweden as a refugee in 2002 and became a Swedish citizen 10 years later.

His lawyer didn’t immediately return calls seeking a comment.

Some 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, were killed by Hutu extremists during the Rwandan genocide, according to the UN.