Thousands of Tutsi are slaughtered at Ntarama Catholic Church and in surrounding areas, by soldiers from Gako military camp and from Kigali. They are joined by Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi militias from Kanzenze, Ngenda, Gashora and other communes. A few survivors escape to the nearby marshes, where they continue to be hunted and killed throughout April. Bodies line the road from Kigali to Gitarama. 22 people, some of them believed to be Zairian nationals, are murdered. In Rukara commune, 800 Tutsi are found starving and injured in a building into which grenades have been thrown. They have been locked up without food since President Habyarimana’s death on 6 April.
