Members of Unity Club Intwararumuri on Friday, May 30, joined elderly genocide survivors, known as Intwaza, from Impinganzima homes in Nyanza District to mark the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
The commemoration event held in Mushirarungu Village, Rwabicuma Sector, honoured the memory of 527 Tutsi from 34 families who were killed during the 1994 Genocide. Intwaza were commended for standing as a symbol of Rwanda’s rebirth and unity.
One of the Intwaza, Joséphine Icyitegetse from Mugombwa Sector in Gisagara District, shared a harrowing testimony, recalling how she witnessed her children being brutally murdered. Some of the killers were Burundians from Saga refugee camp, she said.
Icyitegetse said that the 1994 Genocide was systematically planned and the masterminds intended to wipe out the Tutsi population. She narrated how she narrowly escaped death a day before she and other women were set to be killed, thanks to the timely arrival of RPF/A-Inkotanyi fighters.
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The commemoration event held in Mushirarungu Village, Rwabicuma Sector, honoured the memory of 527 Tutsi from 34 families who were killed during the 1994 Genocide. Intwaza were commended for standing as a symbol of Rwanda’s rebirth and unity.
One of the Intwaza, Joséphine Icyitegetse from Mugombwa Sector in Gisagara District, shared a harrowing testimony, recalling how she witnessed her children being brutally murdered. Some of the killers were Burundians from Saga refugee camp, she said.
Icyitegetse said that the 1994 Genocide was systematically planned and the masterminds intended to wipe out the Tutsi population. She narrated how she narrowly escaped death a day before she and other women were set to be killed, thanks to the timely arrival of RPF/A-Inkotanyi fighters.
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https://www.newtimes.co.rw/article/...s-intwararumuri-stands-with-intwaza-in-nyanza