Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War

Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War
Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War
Part of the First Congo War
	Aerial photograph of the Mihanda refugee camp
Location	Kivu, Zaire
Date	October 1996 to May 1997
Target	Hutu refugees and Interhamwe
Attack type	Genocidal massacres
Deaths	200,000–233,000
Perpetrators	Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre; Rwandan Patriotic Army
Motive	Anti-Hutu sentiment, revenge for the Rwandan genocide

During the First Congo War, Rwandan, Congolese, and Burundian Hutu men, women, and children in villages and refugee camps were hunted down and became victims of mass killings in eastern Zaire (now named the Democratic Republic of the Congo).^[2]

^ Lemarchand, René (2011). Forgotten Genocides: Oblivion, Denial, and Memory. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8122-4335-2.
^ Leaning, Jennifer; Sollom, Richard; Austin, Kathi (1996). "Investigations in Eastern Congo and Western Rwanda". Physicians for Human Rights.

[1] Lemarchand, René (2011). Forgotten Genocides: Oblivion, Denial, and Memory. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8122-4335-2.

[2] Leaning, Jennifer; Sollom, Richard; Austin, Kathi (1996). "Investigations in Eastern Congo and Western Rwanda". Physicians for Human Rights.

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