Unveiling the hidden facts about the Rwandan genocide and debunking the popular belief that it was triggered by the death of Juvenal Habyarimana.
Thirty years ago, on 7 April 1994 the day after two missiles brought down Juvenal Habyarimana 's aircraft, killing him, Cyprien Ntaryamira the president of Burundi who had cadged a lift off his Rwandan counterpart, and ten other individuals including the French crew, Habyarimana's residence in Kanombe became central command for full-blown genocide.
I say"full-blown" because the regime already had been perpetrating low-intensity massacres and other atrocities targeting the Tutsi communities, beginning with the very first day the Rwanda Patriotic Front waged armed struggle against the government that denied Rwandan exiles or refugees their right to a country, and a nationality.
Wallis takes us inside Habyarimana's home where family members had gathered in the lounge."It had become a temporary morgue where body parts from the wreckage of the plane were slowly recovered and brought. One Suzanne Seminega, described in the book as a lifelong friend of Mrs. Habyarimana, was shocked that instead of finding a woman in mourning she saw Agathe dictating a list of names on the telephone. Suzanne would later disclose that Agathe Habyarimana named political opponents among whom Prime Minister Agatha Uwiringiyimana who would be killed a few hours later.
These people include first and foremost actual genocidaires, participants in terrible crimes who then fled to various countries of exile when they were defeated.
Obviously Agathe Kanziga, who lives in France and who had extensive contacts with judge Jean-Louis Bruguière, among other influential French citizens, will never stop pushing the monstrous lie. It is the old, desperate ploy: accuse others of the crimes you yourself are guilty of, in the hope that will exonerate you.
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