Nyamata Church Massacre

April 14–15, 1994 · Bugesera District Theater

April 14–15, 1994

Approximately 10,000 Tutsi who had fled to the Nyamata Catholic Church seeking sanctuary — believing the church's traditional protection would hold — were massacred by Interahamwe militias and Rwandan Army soldiers who broke down the doors and threw grenades into the congregation before entering with machetes. The church was one of dozens across Rwanda where Tutsi gathered for protection only to be slaughtered en masse.

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