Gunmen Kill 20 Rwanda Civilians

KIGALI, Rwanda —  Gunmen reportedly killed at least 20 unarmed civilians on a night patrol in northern Rwanda, and Hutu rebels warned foreigners to “get out of the way” of their fight against the army.

The attack on Monday capped a spate of violence that has left more than 100 people dead in recent weeks, U.N. human rights investigators said. U.N. monitors said 20 people were killed when gunmen fired on the civilian patrol in northwestern Ruhengari prefecture. State-run Radio Rwanda put the death toll at more than 30.

Northwestern Rwanda has been the scene of increasing violence by Hutu rebels bent on destabilizing the Tutsi-controlled government that came to power in 1994.