Burundi’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission has found more than 6,000 bodies i...
A Burundian worker from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission extracts the skull of an unidentified person from a mass grave in the Bukirasazi hill in Karusi Province, Burundi January 27, 2020. Picture taken January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana
The commission chairman Pierre Claver Ndayicariye told journalists on Friday that the remains of 6,032 victims as well as thousands of bullets were recovered. Clothes, glasses and rosaries were used to identify some of the victims. Referring to a massacre which is believed to have targeted people from the Hutu ethnic group, Ndayicariye said families of the victims were able to “break the silence” that was imposed 48 years ago.
The government-run commission was set up in 2014 to investigate atrocities from 1885, when foreigners arrived in Burundi, until 2008, when a stalled peace deal to end the civil war was fully implemented.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
India to woo businesses to Kashmir in planned investment summitIndia plans to offer around 6,000 acres (2,400 hectares) of land in Kashmir as p...
Read more »
‘Critical’ evidence found in trash in case of missing girl Faye SwetlikThe three-day search for a missing 6-year-old South Carolina girl ended with her body being found in a wooded area—and police piecing together clues that link her death to a 30-year-old neighbor.
Read more »
Death of S.C. 6-Year-Old Faye Swetlik Is 'Linked' to Death of 30-Year-Old Male Neighbor: PoliceFaye Swetlik went missing on Monday, and her body was found Thursday
Read more »
Suspected killing of 6-year-old South Carolina girl 'linked' to dead man found nearby, police sayThe suspected slaying of 6-year-old Faye Swetlik in South Carolina is 'linked' to a 30-year-old male neighbor who was found dead shortly after her body was discovered, authorities say.
Read more »