The majority of them had no prior combat experience and were trained in the militia of the ruling party. The majority of the victims were innocent civilians, often neighbors of the perpetrators, and sometimes friends or extended family members. Bishops of the Anglican and Catholic churches did nothing to discourage the killing. In a culture that traditionally accords its leaders high respect, such betrayal defied the public trust. The pervasive effects of the genocide, massacres and refugee exodus have spared no one.
Many citizens remain missing.
By interviewing the household members in various neighborhoods in Kigali and several outlying towns, he collected data on a sample of 157 citizens between the ages of 8 and 60. Each subject completed the Kinyarwanda translations of the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire and the Standardized Psychiatric Interview , administered by the investigator as an interview. The average number of traumatic events during the 1994 war reported by each subject was 15. Treatment for any of these disorders was rare. Anecdotal support for the findings of this small pilot study comes from the observations of physicians and nurses working in primary care clinics around the country.