List of massacres in Rwanda
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| Name | Date | Deaths | Involved | Location – Circumstances |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bugesera invasion also known as the Bloody Christmas | December 21-27 1963 | 10,000-20,000 [1] | Various locations – Reprisals for attack by exiled Tutsis
5% of Tutsis in Rwanda killed | |
| 1991 Bagogwe massacre | January-March 1991 | 300[2] | Hutu | Northwest Rwanda – Reprisal for RPF offensive |
| Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira | 6 April 1994 | 12 | Tutsi rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) or government-aligned Hutu Power followers (disputed) | Kigali – 12 people, including Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed when their airplane was shot down. The shootdown was the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide |
| Rwandan genocide | 7 April – 15 July 1994 | 500,000–1,000,000[3] |
|
Various locations – 70% of Tutsis exterminated, 30% of Twa killed |
| Musha Church massacre | 13 April 1994 | 1,180-1,200[4][5] | Interahamwe (Hutu paramilitary organization) | Rutoma sector, Gikoro commune, Kigali – Part of the Rwandan genocide |
| Murambi Technical School massacre | April 18 – 21, 1994 | 5,000–20,000[6] | Interahamwe (Hutu paramilitary organization) | Murambi Technical School – Part of the Rwandan genocide. |
| Ntarama Massacre | 15 April 1994 | 5,000 | Police, soldiers, interahamwe and local volunteers | Ntarama church, Ntarama – Part of the Rwandan genocide. |
| Nyarubuye massacre | April 15-16, 1994 | 20,000 | Interahamwe (Hutu paramilitary organization) | Kibungo Province – Part of the Rwandan genocide. |
| Kibeho Massacre | April 22, 1995 | 4000+ | Rwandan Patriotic Army | Near Kibeho – Rwandan government estimated death toll at 330 |
| Gikondo massacre | April 9, 1994 | 110 | Interahamwe militia under supervision of the Hutu presidential guard | Gikondo, Kigali – part of the Rwandan genocide. |
| Nyakimana cave massacre | October 23-October 28,1997 | 5,000-8,000[7] | RPF | Gisenyi Province – RPF bombing of alleged Hutu displaced persons[8][9] |
| Mudende camp massacre | December 10, 1997 | 231-300[10] | Hutu | Northwest Rwanda – Hutu guerilla attack on Tutsi refugee camp |
See also
References
- ↑ "WATUSI WAR DEAD PLACED AT 20,000". The New York Times. 1964-03-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ↑ "Human Rights Developments". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2023-09-14.
- ↑ See, e.g., Rwanda: How the genocide happened, BBC, May 17, 2011, which gives an estimate of 800,000, and OAU sets inquiry into Rwanda genocide, Africa Recovery, Vol. 12 1#1 (August 1998), p. 4, which estimates the number at between 500,000 and 1,000,000. Seven out of every 10 Tutsis were killed.
- ↑ "Folha de S.Paulo - Massacre em igreja de Ruanda mata 1.180 - 16/4/1994". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 April 1994. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ↑ "Tribes Battle for Rwandan Capital; New Massacres Reported - The New York Times". The New York Times. 16 April 1994. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
- ↑ "Numbers (HRW Report - Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda, March 1999)". www.hrw.org. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
- ↑ Rwanda: Civilians Trapped in Armed Conflict (PDF) (Report). Amnesty International. December 1997.
- ↑ "October 23-28, 1997 – THE NYAKINAMA CAVE BOMBING - Therwandan". www.therwandan.com. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ↑ "Nyakinama Cave bombing – Hutu Genocide".
- ↑ "SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES PROFOUND SHOCK AT 'SAVAGERY' OF ATTACK AT MUDENDE CAMP IN NORTH-WESTERN RWANDA - UN Press". UN Press. 1997-12-12. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
