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

time in pursuing Ephrem. On 19 April, Akayesu, assistant bourgmestre Mutijima and acommunal policeman, Mushumba, went to Kamonyi to look for the IPJ of the commune,Ephrem Karangwa, saying that he was a great accomplice of the RPF. Akayesu and histeam came back in the afternoon'". Witness DCC confirmed that Akayesu had not wastedany time in pursuing Karangwa, but denied having spoken of Kamonyi, of Akayesu'sreturn or that Akayesu had called Karangwa an accomplice of the RPF.294. Witness DZZ for the Defence, a Hutu policeman in 1994 detained in Rwanda at thetime of his appearance before the Chamber, testified manning barriers in the commune ofTaba and guarding the bureau communal at the time of the events alleged. He saidmassacres had become widespread in the commune of Taba after 18 April 1994 and thathe had heard of massacres at the bureau communal. He said he went to the bureaucommunal on a regular basis and manned a barrier nearby, but asserted that he did notpersonally witness any crimes at the bureau communal. He testified that he had not heardof Akayesu participating in the massacres, and that the accused had preached peaceamongst the refugees. The witness said that Akayesu saved certain Tutsi, namely witnessK and Karangwa, during the massacres. In his mind, they had been saved because, hadAkayesu supported the killings, Akayesu would also have targeted Karangwa and witnessK.295. Akayesu testified going to the bureau communal on 19 April 1994. On his arrivalwithin the vicinity of the bureau communal, he said he saw the refugees runningeverywhere. In the courtyard of the bureau communal, according to Akayesu, theInterahamwe were killing the refugees who had fled from Runda and Shyorongi. He saidhe parked the car and saw the cashier, witness K. Akayesu said he was perplexed atseeing her and wondered from where she had come. He testified that he called out to her,ordering her to go into her office. He said he had to stop someone with a machete fromattacking her and subsequently escorted her personally into the office of the bureaucommunal. According to Akayesu, he went back into the courtyard and saw refugees whohad been killed, and noted that others had managed to escape. However, at a later stageduring his examination-in-chief, when asked whether anyone had ever been killed in thecourtyard of the bureau communal, Akayesu stated that when he was at the bureaucommunal or when there had been Interahamwe attacks during his absence, no one hadbeen killed in the courtyard. After these events, Akayesu said he departed with thecommunal police in the direction of Mbizi, consequent upon receiving information thatsome of the killers had gone to Mbizi.296. During cross-examination, the Prosecutor presented tape recordings of interviews ofAkayesu carried out by the Office of the Prosecutor on 10 and 11 April 1996 inZambia75. The Prosecutor questioned the credibility of Akayesu's testimony before theChamber regarding answers he had given about the refugees at the bureau communal on18, 19 and 20 April 1994. During his testimony, Akayesu stated he was unable todistinguish intellectuals from the rest of the refugees on the basis that there was nocriteria to make it possible to tell an intellectual apart from other persons. However, inthe said interviews, the accused said he was surprised not to have seen intellectuals of thecommune amongst the refugees who, in his opinion, appeared to be farmers, old women,