The Red Cross declares that it has never seen “a human tragedy of the scale of these massacres“. More than 7,000 Tutsi are murdered at Gatwaro-Kibuye stadium. Interahamwe and members of the army assassinate the sub-prefect of Butare Zéphanie Nyilinkwaya and 14 members of his family. At Sovu convent, 6,500 people are killed with guns, machetes and clubs. A further 500 are trapped in a garage and burnt to death, using petrol supplied by nuns.
