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’Genocide-Era’ Mass Graves Discovered In Rwanda

’Genocide-Era’ Mass Graves Discovered In Rwanda
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Four mass graves were unearthed in Rwanda, which are believed to date from the 1994 genocide.

’Genocide-Era’ Mass Graves Discovered In Rwanda

The sites were found in the Gasabo district, outside the capital Kigali, and about 200 bodies have been exhumed.

Around 3,000 people from the area went missing during the massacres, and local people believe the graves may contain all of their bodies.

Some 800,000 people - ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus - were slaughtered in 100 days by Hutu militias.

The graves were uncovered two weeks after commemorations were held to mark the start of the killings.

Meanwhile, volunteers are leading the search after being told of the location of the graves by a woman, who claims to have seen bodies dumped there.

Houses had to be destroyed in order to get to the graves, which were located underneath.

Relatives of genocide victims have been scouring through the sites in search of their loved ones' remains.

The genocide began on 6 April 1994, when a plane carrying Rwandan President Habyarimana and his Burundian counterpart Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down.
No-one survived the crash.

Hutu extremists blamed Tutsi rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front [RPF], for the attack, before starting a well-organized slaughter campaign.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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