Interahamwe wari mutwe w'urubyiruko rw' abahutu bari mu Ishyaka rya MRND mu Rwanda. Mu gihe cy'itsembabwoko ryakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994, Interahamwe zishe abatutsi, abahutu n'abatwa batavugaga rumwe nazo barenga miriyoni. Interahamwe zise abatutsi inyenzi n’inzoka, naho abahutu n'abatwa batavuga rumwe nazo babita ibyitso by'abatutsi. Abenshi mu bari bagize uyu mutwe baracyihisha mu mashyamba ya Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo ndetse no mu bindi bihugu bitandukanye ku isi.