The prosecutor requested life sentences; Etienne Nzabonimana and Samuel Ndashyikirwa were finally given 12 and 10 years, respectively. On 28 June, a jury of 12 sitting in the Brussels criminal court found the two businessmen guilty of war crimes and murders in the Kibungo region, in south-east Rwanda, where 50,000 people were massacred in April 1994 (see IJT-26-27-28). This was the second trial to be held in Belgium relating to the Rwandan genocide. In 2001, four other Rwandans were sentenced to between 12 and 20 years imprisonment. After the latest verdict was handed down, plaintiffs immediately filed for compensation, but the court required more evidence of family ties between the complainants and the victims.