He was convicted for the crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the slaughter. An estimated 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by militias from the dominant Hutu forces in 100 days in the genocide. Former Pastor Jean Uwinkindi, 64, once led the Kayenzi Pentecostal church in former Rural Kigali Prefecture (now Bugesera District) during the 1994 Genocide.