In their indictment prosecutors alleged that Ndindiliyimana played a central role in drawing up a blueprint to exterminate the Tutsi population as well as political opponents of the Hutu government along with ordering specific massacres and crimes against humanity upon the Tutsi population.
The indictment alleges that Ndindiliyimana was instrumental in developing a plan to systematically eliminate the Tutsi population, including political opponents of the Hutu government, through targeted killings and other atrocities.