Congolese militia leader Germain Katanga has been handed a 12 year sentence by the International Criminal Court on Friday over his role in a 2003 massacre of a village.
Katanga was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity in March over the 2003 attack, in which over 200 villagers were killed, many butchered with machetes.
Thee presiding judge, Bruno Cotte, called the use of machetes "particularly cruel and caused extreme suffering" adding,
"The attackers literally carved their victims up limb from limb… The attackers slashed them with machetes and knives as they tried to make their escape."
"The scars of the fighting that occurred that day are still be seen today".
However Katanga was cleared by the ICC over charges of rape, sexual slavery and the use of child soldiers.