Gruesome reports by survivors and other witnesses accused Ndahimana of joining local police and a priest in ordering assailants to bulldoze Nyange church , killing 2,000 Tutsi refugees who had sought sanctuary there . Gregoire Ndahimana was mayor of Kivumu at the time of the 1994 genocide . The Rwandan government has said it will not accept any compensation for its role in the genocide. The judges find him guilty of aiding and abetting genocide and extermination . Some 800,000 people , mostly ethnic Tutsis , were killed in the three-month bloodletting .
Gregoire Ndahimana was mayor of Kivumu at the time of the 1994 genocide . The Rwandan government has said it will not accept any compensation for its role in the genocide. The judges find him guilty of aiding and abetting genocide and extermination . Some 800,000 people , mostly ethnic Tutsis , were killed in the three-month bloodletting .