Sister Maria Kisito, born Julienne Mukabutera (born 22 June 1964) is a Rwandan Benedictine nun who was convicted and sentenced to 12 years for her active role in the deaths of an estimated 5000 to 7000 people who sought refuge at their convent in southern Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide.
[3] Witnesses had observed that the two nuns actively directed Rwandan death squadrons to their refuge and even supplied gasoline to burn down the building with the civilians inside.
After serving half of her 12-year sentence in a Belgian prison, Kisito was released in June 2007.
On 22 April 1994 Séraphine Mukamana had hidden herself in a garage when a militia attacked a convent in Sovu in southern Rwanda.
As the refugees refuse to come out, the militia leader, Emmanuel Rekeraho, decides to burn them alive in the garage.