This is a list of massacres that have occurred in Rwanda in chronological order.
List of massacres
NameDateDeathsInvolvedLocation – CircumstancesBugesera invasion also known as the Bloody ChristmasDecember 21-27 196310,000-20,000 Various locations – Reprisals for attack by exiled Tutsis 5% of Tutsis in Rwanda killed1991 Bagogwe massacreJanuary-March 1991300HutuNorthwest Rwanda – Reprisal for RPF offensiveBugesera massacresMarch 1992300+HutuBugesera District – Disinformation on Radio RwandaAssassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira6 April 199412Tutsi 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 genocideRwandan genocide7 April – 15 July 1994500,000–1,000,000See, 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. Hutu-led government (led by Théoneste Bagosora) Interahamwe (led by Robert Kajuga) Impuzamugambi (led by Jean-Bosco Barayagwiza and Hassan Ngeze) Other militias and gangs financed by Félicien Kabuga local Hutu extremistsVarious locations – 70% of Tutsis exterminated, 30% of Twa killedMusha Church massacre13 April 19941,180-1,200Interahamwe (Hutu paramilitary organization)Rutoma sector, Gikoro commune, Kigali – Part of the Rwandan genocideMurambi Technical School massacreApril 18 – 21, 19945,000–20,000Interahamwe (Hutu paramilitary organization)Murambi Technical School – Part of the Rwandan genocide.Ntarama Massacre15 April 19945,000Police, soldiers, interahamwe and local volunteersNtarama church, Ntarama – Part of the Rwandan genocide.Nyarubuye massacreApril 15-16, 1994 20,000 Interahamwe (Hutu paramilitary organization)Kibungo Province – Part of the Rwandan genocide.Kibeho MassacreApril 22, 19954000+Rwandan Patriotic ArmyNear Kibeho – Rwandan government estimated death toll at 330Gikondo massacreApril 9, 1994110Interahamwe militia under supervision of the Hutu presidential guardGikondo, Kigali – part of the Rwandan genocide.Nyakimana cave massacreOctober 23-October 28,19975,000-8,000RPFGisenyi Province – RPF bombing of alleged Hutu displaced personsMudende camp massacreDecember 10, 1997231-300HutuNorthwest Rwanda – Hutu guerilla attack on Tutsi refugee camp
See also
Attacks on humanitarian workers
References