The remains were found and exhumed on Thursday 3rd February 2022 in Sabununga village, Nkamba cell of Ruramira sector.
The President of Ibuka in Ruramira sector, Elsa Nziyoroshya has told IGIHE that the remains were seen by a resident tilling his garden on the side of the dam.
“A resident tilling his land on the dam’s edges has found remains of a Genocide victim while more victim’s remains were found at the same place recently. They are an addition to more remains exhumed from the dam in December 2021 during community work,” he said.
Nziyoroshya said that they are awaiting the Government to decide on the way forward to continue searching for remains of victims dumped in the dam during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.
A total of 228 remains of Genocide victims have been exhumed since activities to drain the dam began in 2020.
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