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Ex-driver goes on trial in France accused of 'complicity' in Rwanda genocide
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Former hotel driver Claude Muhayimana goes on trial in Paris today (November 22) accused of complicity in Rwanda's 1994 genocide by transporting Hutu militiamen who massacred hundreds of Tutsis.
Muhayimana, 60, who investigators say also hid Tutsis at risk of death and helped some escape, fled after the genocide and gained French nationality in 2010.
Around 50 witnesses are expected to testify at what will be the third trial linked to one of the worst tragedies of the 20th century.
The genocide saw 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate members of the Hutu majority slaughtered in just three months from April to July 1994.
At the time, Muhayimana was a driver for the hotel Guest House in Kibuye, on the shores of Lake Kivu.
He is accused of
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