Details of Massacre by Tutsi Rebels Told
From Times Wire Reports
Tutsi rebels massacred more than 300 Rwandan and Burundian Hutu refugees at a camp 25 miles southwest of Bukavu, a provincial capital, local Zairians said. Residents of nearby Kakinda village and a survivor said that on Nov. 17 up to 40 rebels gathered 310 refugees at Chimanga camp--saying they would be repatriated--and then set off a mortar or a grenade. Others from the camp were shot to death. Residents, who said they were warned by the rebels to stay silent about the slayings, showed journalists graves where they buried the refugees.
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