List of massacres in Rwanda
Name | Date | Location | Deaths | Notes |
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Rwandan genocide | 7 April – 15 July 1994 | Various | 500,000–1,000,000[1] | 70% of Tutsis exterminated, 30% of Twa kiled |
Murambi Technical School massacre | April 16, 1994 | Murambi Technical School | 45,000 | Part of the Rwandan genocide. |
Ntarama Massacre | 15 April 1994 | Ntarama church, Ntarama | 5,000 | Part of the Rwandan genocide. |
Nyarubuye massacre | April 15-16, 1994 | Kibungo Province | 20,000 | Part of the Rwandan genocide. |
Kibeho Massacre | April 22, 1995 | near Kibeho | 4000+ | Rwandan government estimated death toll at 330 |
Gikondo massacre | April 9, 1994 | Gikondo, Kigali | 110 | part of the Rwandan genocide. |
References
- ^ 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.