Talon Posted August 15, 2004 #1 Share Posted August 15, 2004 TUTSIS MURDERED AT REFUGEE CAMP Nearly 160 people have been shot, hacked and burnt to death at a Tutsi refugee camp in Burundi. Another 110 were injured in the attack on the Gatumba refugee camp, which lies near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. Burundi's Hutu rebel National Liberation Forces guerrilla group immediately claimed responsibility for the raid. But President Domitien Ndayizeye insisted it had been carried out by gunmen from neighbouring DRC. "Our country has been attacked by elements coming from the DRC to massacre Congolese civilians who had asked for asylum," he told reporters. "At the government level, we are obliged to take steps to ensure that justice is done, for those who have committed this crime to be punished." Most of the refugees at the Gatumba camp are Banyamulenge, people of ethnic Tutsi origin. They fled the Sud-Kivu region in the east of the DRC earlier this year during an uprising. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted August 17, 2004 Author #2 Share Posted August 17, 2004 MASS BURIAL FOR TUTSIS Thousands of people have attended a funeral service for some 160 Congolese Tutsis slaughtered in a refugee camp in Burundi. The multi-faith religious service got under way nearly two hours later than scheduled. This was to allow a stream of lorries to bring in all the coffins. The Tutsis were shot, burned and hacked to death on Friday in an attack blamed on a coalition of extremists. Most of the victims were refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Their coffins were laid side by side in a single grave around 20 metres wide by 25 metres deep. The rebel Burundian Hutu National Liberation Forces (FLN) has claimed responsibility for the slaughter at Gatumba. Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye said it was more likely to have been "elements coming from DRC". But analysts believe it was probably the work of an anti-Tutsi coalition made up of Burundians, Congolese and Rwandans. Some 20,000 Tutsis from DRC have sought refuge in Burundi since late May as a result of clashes in eastern DRC. The UN Security Council has joined international condemnation of the massacre. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted August 17, 2004 #3 Share Posted August 17, 2004 The UN Security Council has joined international condemnation of the massacre. looks like they are getting tough on these groups lucky the UN didn't give them a stern talking to or worse, the evil eye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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