Taba is a commune located in the historic Gitarama Prefecture of Rwanda . During the Rwandan genocide in 1994 massacres and atrocities were committed in Taba . The Hutu Interahamwe militia murdered hundreds of Tutsi and Tutsi women were raped in government offices . The mayor of Taba , at the time of the atrocities , was Jean Paul Akayesu . Akayesu was the first person convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ( ICTR )
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Taba commune