MEMORIALS
VICTIMS OF THE GATUMBA MASSACRE
Type: Virtual Memorial
No of names: 156
Dated added: 2010-01-12 17:48:55
Organisation: iansa
On August 13, 2004, a refugee camp in Gatumba was the scene of one of the largest civilian massacres carried out in Burundi in recent years.
A force of armed combatants, many of them members of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL), massacred at least 152 Congolese civilians and wounded another 106. The FNL is a predominantly Hutu rebel movement known for its hostility to Tutsi and the victims were largely Banyamulenge, a group often categorized with Tutsi. The FNL is believed to have been behind a series of other attacks, including the December 28, 2000 Titanic Express massacre. source: Wikipedia
IANSA - International Action Network on Small Arms - has this online memorial for the victims of the Gatumba massacre on their website. It links to a PDF file with the names of the killed.
POSTED BY JON BRUNBERG ON 2010-01-12 17:48:55
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