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Au Rwanda nombreux sont les témoins de véritables tueries entre ethnies. On parle de 500 000 morts

Card Number 3449

Number
3449
Author
Chazal, Claire
Author
Jacquemin, Marine
Date
15 mai 1994
Ymd
19940515
Time
20:00:00
Time zone
CEST
Uptitle
Journal de 20 heures [1:40]
Title
Au Rwanda nombreux sont les témoins de véritables tueries entre ethnies. On parle de 500 000 morts
Subtitle
Pour la seule ville de Kigali, 60 000 corps sans vie ont été recensés.
Size
5258518 bytes
Source
TF1
Public records
INA
Type
Journal télévisé
Language
FR
Abstract
- In Rwanda many are the witnesses of real killings between ethnic groups. We are talking about 200,000 and even 500,000 deaths in just a few weeks. For the city of Kigali alone, which six weeks ago still had 350,000 inhabitants, 60,000 lifeless bodies have been identified and buried in mass graves outside.
- Even today in Kigali, government forces launched an offensive against rebel positions.
- The Pope once again called for an end to the genocide in Rwanda.
- Despite the urgency, the Security Council postponed until next week the adoption of a resolution by which the international community could finally give itself the means to put an end to this tragedy.
- Bernard Kouchner, who went to Kigali, sounded the alarm: "[We must] try to give a little hope to those who are still threatened because the massacres continue".