U.N. Court Convicts Bagosora For Rwanda Genocide

`Colonel Bagosora is guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes,` the court said.

A U.N. court convicted former army colonel Theoneste Bagosora on Thursday of genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and sentenced him to jail for life.

"Colonel Bagosora is guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and war crimes," the court said.

The Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) had accused Bagosora, 67, of being in charge of the troops and Interahamwe Hutu militia who butchered some 800,000 minority Tutsis and moderate Hutus.