On 18 December 2008 , the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda found Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers , Major Aloys Ntabakuze and Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva , guilty of genocide , crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment . In ruling that life imprisonment was the appropriate sentence for Bagosora the three trial judges concurred that " The toll of human suffering was immense as a result of crimes which could have only occurred with his orders and authorisation . " The tribunal court stated that Bagosora had been " the highest authority in the Rwandan Defense Ministry , with authority over the military " in the aftermath of the assassination of President Habyarimana . The court ruled that Bagosora was responsible for the murders of Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana , the ten Belgian peacekeepers who had been guarding the Prime Minister at Camp Kigali , the president of the Constitutional Court Joseph Kavaruganda , and three major opposition leaders , Faustin Rucogoza , Frederic Nzamurambaho , and Landoald Ndasingwa . In addition , the court found Bagosora guilty of orchestrating the mass killings of Tutsis in Kigali and Gisenyi . However , the trial court held there was a reasonable doubt that events prior to 6 April could only be explained by Bagosora conspiring with others , so he was therefore acquitted on a charge of conspiracy to commit genocide prior to 7 April 1994
assassination of President Habyarimana
Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira
Théoneste Bagosora