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11 April 1994

Belgian peacekeepers withdraw from ETO school in Kicukiro, Kigali, leaving 4000 Tutsi behind. The Interahamwe marches them to Nyanza and massacres them there. Up to 10,000 Tutsi are murdered at the Catholic Church and in surrounding areas at Ruhuha, Ngenda Commune. Almost the same number of Tutsi who sheltered at the Gashora Commune office and surrounding areas (Rumira and Kidogo lakes) are murdered by government security forces, Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi militia. The first RPF military unit from Byumba arrives at the Parliament Building to support the 3rd battalion and continue rescue operations. More than 100 Tutsi patients are killed with bayonets in Kigali Hospital by government soldiers.

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