Rwanda: Genocide Victims Reburied 20 Years Later

The remains of Genocide victims were over the weekend reburied in various memorial centres in Gatsibo and Kayonza districts, Eastern Province. In Mukarange Sector, the remains of 30 people recently exhumed were reburied after a requiem mass at Mukarange Catholic Parish.

All together, more than 9,000 victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are buried at Mukarange Parish. The Minister of Gender and Family Promotion Oda Gasinzigwa, who was in attendance, said it was important to accord them a decent burial in honour of their memories.

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