About 3,500 victims in North Rwanda mislaid
Despite government efforts, sensitizing public to disclose whereabouts of hidden bodies deceased in 1994 Genocide, there are still those not rendered a descent burial after 17 years. According to survivors association Ibuka in Northern Province District Nyabihu, about 3,500 estimated victims have not received a descent burial in the Bigogwe area. All together about 7,000 Tutsis are said to have been killed during the Genocide, in Bigogwe area.
Nyabihu Mayor, Jean Baptista Nsengiyumva, disclosed that two bodies were recently recovered under a residential house and requested the residents to voluntarily give information on whereabouts of the dumped victims.
Bigogwe was then an area occupied largely by Tutsis in Northern
Province who were nicknamed after the area commonly calling them Bagogwe like Banyamurenge in DR Congo. It covered a some part of Gishwati forest, and today’s Mukamira, Karago, Jenda and Bigogwe sectors. Testimonies have suggested that killings in Bigogwe area started earlier to the 1994 Genocide, where pro-government militia first put their killing tactics into practice as test to see how Genocide against Tutsis can go -subsequently mass killing occurred claiming their lives in the area. “The reality cannot be forgotten or distorted. If you say there was no Genocide, then resurrect the dead. The truth should be the light, to liberate those who killed in order to heal psychological disabilities,’’ rtd Bishop John Rucyahana the president of National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) said while officiating a descent burial ceremonial in the Northern Province District.
One survivor Esperance Nyirankundimana, recalls how they hunted them with dogs in Giswati forest. She said many died in the forest due to extreme cold weather and others eaten by dogs. Church blamed for not preaching repentance The 1994 Genocide commemoration week has ended, and businesses in the
Rwanda’s capital, Kigali is back to normal.
Nyabihu Mayor, Jean Baptista Nsengiyumva, disclosed that two bodies were recently recovered under a residential house and requested the residents to voluntarily give information on whereabouts of the dumped victims.
Bigogwe was then an area occupied largely by Tutsis in Northern
Province who were nicknamed after the area commonly calling them Bagogwe like Banyamurenge in DR Congo. It covered a some part of Gishwati forest, and today’s Mukamira, Karago, Jenda and Bigogwe sectors. Testimonies have suggested that killings in Bigogwe area started earlier to the 1994 Genocide, where pro-government militia first put their killing tactics into practice as test to see how Genocide against Tutsis can go -subsequently mass killing occurred claiming their lives in the area. “The reality cannot be forgotten or distorted. If you say there was no Genocide, then resurrect the dead. The truth should be the light, to liberate those who killed in order to heal psychological disabilities,’’ rtd Bishop John Rucyahana the president of National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) said while officiating a descent burial ceremonial in the Northern Province District.
One survivor Esperance Nyirankundimana, recalls how they hunted them with dogs in Giswati forest. She said many died in the forest due to extreme cold weather and others eaten by dogs. Church blamed for not preaching repentance The 1994 Genocide commemoration week has ended, and businesses in the
Rwanda’s capital, Kigali is back to normal.
Jacques Byizigiro