Event
Killing of ten Belgian peacekeepers, 7 April 1994
Ten Belgian UN paratroopers sent to guard Prime Minister Uwilingiyimana were disarmed by Rwandan soldiers at Camp Kigali and killed.
- Dates
- 7 Apr 1994
- Place
- Kigali
Connections 5
involved
- Belgian government decided on 12 April to withdraw its contingent Primary record 1
- Belgium its ten soldiers were killed Primary record 1
- United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda the peacekeepers were part of UNAMIR Primary record 1
- Agathe Uwilingiyimana they were sent to guard her Primary record 1
part of
- Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 7 Apr 1994 Killing of ten Belgian peacekeepers, 7 April 1994
Proof 1 source
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Report of the Independent Inquiry into the Actions of the United Nations during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda (S/1999/1257) [the UN PDF is an image scan; quoted text is taken from the copy of the UN web page archived at phdn.org/archives/www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/documents/RwandaReport1.htm (Parts I to V)], United Nations, 15 Dec 1999.
Primary record
Claes stated that Belgium had to make a choice and had decided to withdraw its units from Rwanda.
10 UNAMIR Belgian peacekeepers, who were assigned to protect her, were tortured and murdered.
the United Nations peacekeepers were badly beaten, and later, after the Ghanaian peacekeepers and the Togolese had been led away, the Belgian soldiers were brutally killed.
10 UNAMIR Belgian peacekeepers, who were assigned to protect her
The tragic killing of the Belgian peacekeepers took place against a backdrop of an escalated confrontation with Rwandan soldiers outside the Prime Minister's house.
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