Case No. ICTR-96-4-T - International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

turned over alive to Akayesu, and that he failed to take any measures to have himarrested.5.2.3. Paragraph 18 of the Indictment219. Paragraph 18 of the Indictment reads as follows:18. On or about April 19, 1994, the men who, on Jean Paul AKAYESU's instructions,were searching for Ephrem Karangwa destroyed Ephrem Karangwa's house and burneddown his mother's house. They then went to search the house of Ephrem Karangwa'sbrother-in-law in Musambira commune and found Ephrem Karangwa's three brothersthere. The three brothers -- Simon Mutijima, Thaddée Uwanyiligira and JeanChrysostome Gakuba -- tried to escape, but Jean Paul AKAYESU blew his whistle toalert local residents to the attempted escape and ordered the people to capture thebrothers. After the brothers were captured, Jean Paul AKAYESU ordered andparticipated in the killing of the three brothers.Events allegedTestimony Of Ephrem Karangwa (Witness d)220. Ephrem Karangwa was assigned the pseudonym D and placed under the Tribunal'sWitness Protection Unit, pursuant to an order of 26 September 1996, but he waivedwitness protection and elected to testify under his own name.221. Karangwa testified that he resided in Taba and in April 1994 he was the Inspecteurde Police Judiciaire (IPJ) in the Ministry of Justice for the Prosecutor in Taba communehaving taken office in August 1984. As IPJ he investigated criminal complaints andtransmitted case files to the Prosecutor. The witness's office was situated in the bureaucommunal in Taba. The witness testified that the head of any commune was thebourgmestre. The Accused who was the bourgmestre of Taba during the events of April1994. The witness had known the Accused for about twenty years. The witness did notbelong to any political party and he was not allowed to do so by the Minister of Justice.He testified that there was never any tension between him and the Accused and they hada good working relationship.222. Karangwa testified that in his role as IPJ he became aware that there were problemsof a political nature between the political parties in Taba, especially the MDR and theMRND. The MDR had a greater following in Taba and this party was led by theAccused. On one occasion in 1992 there was a demonstration by the MDR which led toviolence when the demonstrators tried to forcibly enter the bureau communal. The MDRwanted the bourgmestre at that time removed from office. The matter was investigated bythe witness and referred to the Prosecutor for prosecution. The witness did not have anyknowledge of the eventual out come of this matter, at the time of testifying. The witnesssaid that he knew of Silas Kubwimana and that he often complained about the Accusedand the MDR officials. He said that there existed a file on this complaint at the