Karugarama said Mbarushimana and his FDLR rebel forces played a pivotal role in the countrys 1994 genocide in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed. 
Karugarama anati Mbarushimana ndi gulu lake loukira la FDLR ndi amene anatenga mbali yaikulu pa kuphedwa kwa anthu  mazanamazana komwe kunachitika mu chaka cha 1994.