{The Mayor of Rusizi District in Western Province is suspected of constructing a house on the pit where the remains of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis were buried.}
Area residents said there may be remains in the plot where the house is being constructed.
President of Ibuka in Rusizi District, Charter Nkurunziza told Imvaho Nshya that investigations showed that four people were murdered in this place where a fence had been established during the 1994 genocide against Tutsis.
Meanwhile, the Mayor explained that although people have said, during information gathering, that three people were killed in this plot, at the time of raising foundation, his workers have found one body and they buried him in collaboration with local leaders.
According to the same paper there were two other victims that were already buried.
However what is not understood is how some say four people were murdered at the place while others confirmed three.
In an Interview with Imvaho Nshya the Mayor said “I don’t know where others came from and I can confirm that there is no remain under the foundation of the house that I am constructing”
The information gathered say that people massacred in this plot are people who fled the 1994 genocide against Tutsis from elsewhere.
“When a body was found during the construction of the foundation of the building, the question of other bodies we are talking about, we organized community work to try to find them. We have seen nothing, “Evelyne Kantarama, Executive Secretary of the Cell Ruganda told the press
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