UN Secretary-General Bouros-Boutros Ghali speaks of “Hutu killing Tutsi and Tutsi killing Hutu” and calls for a cease-fire between the genocidaires and the RPF (who were fighting to stop genocide), causing confusion as to whether this was a mere civil war or not. Genocide begins in Butare with the killing of academics and prominent people in the town. Among them is Rosalie Gicanda, the widow of Mwami Mutara who died mysteriously in July 1959. Her murder upsets Tutsi and moderate Hutus. UNAMIR reports that 45 are dead and 114 injured from the Government forces shelling of Amahoro Stadium
