Rwandans Reportedly Being Killed
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KIGALI, Rwanda — Unarmed men, women and children are being killed regularly in Rwanda, most of them in army operations against suspected Hutu rebels, the United Nations and Amnesty International said Thursday.
Amnesty International said more than 2,300 unarmed civilians are estimated to have been killed from May through July in northwestern Rwanda, where the Tutsi-led military is fighting Hutu rebels hiding in the forest.
“Contrary to what the government sometimes claims, these victims are not killed accidentally in cross-fire,” the London-based organization said. “Whole families--including many children--have been hunted down in their homes.”
Most of the victims are Hutus who had returned home since November after 3 1/2 years in refugee camps in eastern Zaire, now called Congo.
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