Remains of eight victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have been found in a house of a resident in Mizingo village, Nyirabigogo Sector, Rubavu District, discovered by people who were emptying a toilet in the house of Jean Baptiste Hakomerimana. The house belonged to Boniface Bizimana prior to and during the genocide.
Kanzenze Sector Executive Secretary Monique Nyiransengiyumva told Radio Rwanda that the remains were discovered Saturday last week.
“Remains of eight victims have been found in that latrine. On seeing them, the householder immediately informed us,” she said.
One of the survivors in that area, Charles Sebikumi said that among the remains, he was able to identify his aunt but said many more were killed from there than the remains that have been discovered.
“There was an infamous barrier where all Tutsis from their hideouts in the forests were brought and killed. Residents declined to report and help us to know the whereabouts of our people who were killed. That is why we must keep on searching,” he said.
Kanzenze Sector authorities have appealed to people who lived in the sector as well as any other people who may know where the remains of Tutsis who were killed in the genocide were buried to report so that they also are given befitting burial.
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