As well as firearms, other types of weapons - such as bayonets, nail-studded clubs, machetes, knives and farming implements - have often been used to kill civilians in Rwanda. It is generally thought that this kind of instruments are employed typically by armed opposition groups; nevertheless, a num

In its report "Rwanda: Civilians trapped in armed conflict" published on 19 December 1997, Amnesty Worldwide reported many killings in Bulinga commune, in Gitarama, throughout and adhering to an assault by armed teams about the cachot (nearby detention centre) on 3 December.In early January

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