The witness made the request during an appeal trial on October 6, 2025, before the Court of Assizes on appeal in France.
The witness, presented by the civil parties, appeared via video conference from Kigali, accompanied by an interpreter.
The woman, born in 1953, recounted that during the genocide, her husband was arrested and imprisoned in a place known as 'Maison 60' for one day before being transferred to the Tumba sector office where other Tutsi were detained.
She said Dr. Munyemana was the one responsible for keeping the keys to the detention site after he had replaced the sector leader, Bwanakeye.
Later, a vehicle belonging to the commune, nicknamed 'Ruhumbangegera,' came and transported those detained at the sector office to the office of the then-prosecutor, Sebushishi.
According to the witness, they were subsequently taken to the local gendarmerie where they were severely beaten before being moved to an unknown execution site.
'I don't know the location. On this matter, I would ask Munyemana to tell us where the bodies of our loved ones were taken so we can bury them decently. I am sure he knows where they are because he played a major role in what happened there,' she said.
The witness explained that during the genocide, her national ID card identified her as Hutu because she was born to a Hutu father and Tutsi mother. She and her husband had eight children, but one died after the genocide.
When asked by Dr. Munyemana's defense lawyers if she knew him personally before the genocide, she said she had only heard his name frequently at the time but came to know more about him later during the Gacaca courts.
Other witnesses have continued to testify, linking Dr. Munyemana to the killings of Tutsi detained at the Tumba sector office.
In December 2023, the Paris Assize Court found Dr. Munyemana guilty of genocide charges, crimes against humanity and participation in a conspiracy to prepare those crimes, sentencing him to 24 years in prison. He appealed the verdict.
His appeal trial began on September 16, 2025, and is expected to conclude on October 24.
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