A Rwandan rebel who killed eight tourists including two New Zealanders and their guide on a wildlife safari in Uganda during an apparent anti-Western attack has escaped a death sentence but been jailed for 15 years.
Jean Paul Bizimana was a member of an ethnic Hutu militia that hacked to death New Zealanders Rhonda Avis, 27, and Michelle Strathern, 26, four Britons, two Americans and a local game ranger in 1999 as they tracked rare mountain gorillas.
The 32-year-old was convicted on nine counts of murder last week.
Rebel jailed over killings
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