But it's the first time in this country somebody has been executed because he killed Tutsi.

The first four days after the coup it was an open check for killing Tutsis.

They were followed by a long civil war that killed both Hutu and Tutsi.

As throughout the country, these militia members had killed Tutsi here, selecting them after checking identification cards.

To say that Hutu were killing Tutsi is too simplistic.

They say he wielded absolute power in this commune, going to extraordinary lengths to hunt down and kill Tutsi.

Interahamwe and the presidential guard began to kill opposition politicians and prominent Tutsi.

Hutu activists began killing Tutsi, forcing more than 100,000 to seek refuge in neighbouring countries.

"We can't state that Hutu killed Tutsi, except as an enemy that was killing them."

He traveled throughout the country, visiting places where massacres were taking place and giving inflammatory speeches that encouraged people to kill Tutsi, prosecutors said.