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Myles, Khalil, John, Alex

= ~RWANDA GENOCIDE~ =



The Rwanda Genocide was a period of mass killings during in 1994. Many Rwandas (people from Rwanda) were being massively killed. At least 500,000 people werte killed. this Genocide lasted from April 6th to July of 1994.

The opressors in this genocide were the Hutus who were killing the Tutsis who were the victims, the bystanders were the UN peace keepers who were not allowed to interfere. The two Hutu militias mainly responsible for the killings were the Interahamwe and the Impuzamugambi. The Tutsis were being killed because they were considered inferior and were blamed for blowing up the helicopter of an impartant General. The reasons for the killing is racial. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rwandan A first person account of this event is given by Stephanie Nyombayire who said "The first day, my grandmother was shot in front of her 15-year old daughter, my aunt. My grandfather was killed the next day. Those who were lucky enough could pay to be shot rather than face the machetes, clubs and whatever else they could find." This shows how brutal the Hutus were towards the Tutsis. http://media.www.unewsonline.com/media/storage/paper953/news/2005/09/29/News/College.Student.Gives.Firsthand.Account.Of.Genocide.In.Rwanda-1670971.shtml

This genocide relates to the holocaust because the Tutsis were being killed for no good reason. The whole point of both genocides was to exterminate the targeted race. Both Elie Wiesel and the Tutsis went through unspeakable horrors during their genocides.