Radio Muhabura reports that at Kiruhura parish in Butare, RPF soldiers rescue 24 nuns, including two Belgians who were injured by the fleeing Government forces. They also rescued 300 nuns and about 100 orphans from another parish in Butare. Two of the rescued nuns report that Government troops stole about 300 million Rwandan Francs ($440,000 USD) from the parish. The French-led “Operation Turquoise” establishes a “safe zone” in the prefectures of Gikongoro, Cyangugu, and Kibuye. As the RPF advances westward, the influx of displaced persons into the zone increases from an initial 500,000 to an estimated one million people. The French Committee for the Defense of Human Rights and Democracy in Rwanda and Médecins Sans Frontières say that “France is protecting those behind the massacres” in Rwanda.
