The Hague tribunal sentenced a man to life in prison for his involvement in the Rwandan genocide

Justice arrested a 66-year-old man, Eugene N. for his role in a genocidal attack that led to the massacre of around 3,000 Tutsis who sought refuge in a football stadium in 1994.

The Hague District Court on Friday sentenced him to life in prison after finding him guilty of preventing Tutsis from fleeing a stadium in Mbazi, southern Rwanda, and throwing grenades into the crowd during the massacre.

The court said he was also involved in attacks before the stadium massacre, when houses were looted and burned.

“Only a sentence of life imprisonment can provide justice for the immense suffering experienced by the victims and their bereaved families,” the court said.

His actions were carried out with “genocidal intent,” said the presiding judge who handed down the verdict.

He was convicted of war crimes and crimes of genocide.

At a hearing at The Hague District Court in June, prosecutors pushed for a life sentence, saying that N. was “personally involved” in the murder.

The 1994 Rwandan genocide claimed the lives of approximately 800,000 people over three months. According to UN figures, most of the victims were from Rwanda’s Tutsi minority.