Event
Nyarubuye Parish, 15 to 17 April 1994
Attacks on several thousand civilians who had sought refuge at Nyarubuye Parish, for which the Rwanda Tribunal convicted the local mayor.
- Dates
- 15–17 Apr 1994
- Place
- Rwanda
Connections 3
involved
- Sylvestre Gacumbitsi directed the attacks Primary record 1
- Valentina Iribagiza told Frontline of the killings at Nyarubuye Scholarship & press 2
part of
- Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 15–17 Apr 1994 Nyarubuye Parish, 15 to 17 April 1994
Proof 2 sources
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The Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Gacumbitsi, Case No. ICTR-2001-64-T, Judgement, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 17 Jun 2004.
Primary record
between 15 and 17 April 1994, Sylvestre Gacumbitsi directed attacks against Tutsi civilian refugees who had assembled at Nyarubuye Parish, and personally took part in the attacks.
Very many Tutsi were killed that day.
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The Triumph of Evil (FRONTLINE, PBS), transcript, PBS Frontline, 26 Jan 1999.
Scholarship & press
We were pretending to be dead.
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