page_title: Burundian genocides
hierarchical_section_title: Burundian genocides
caption_attribution_description: English: Internally displaced persons flee during Burundian genocide
context_page_description: Since Burundi's independence in 1962, there have been two events called genocides in the country. The 1972 mass killings of Hutus by the Tutsi-dominated army, and the 1993 mass killings of Tutsis by the majority-Hutu populace are both described as genocide in the final report of the International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi presented to the United Nations Security Council in 1996.
context_section_description: Since Burundi's independence in 1962, there have been two events called genocides in the country.  The 1972 mass killings of Hutus by the Tutsi-dominated army, and the 1993 mass killings of Tutsis by the majority-Hutu populace are both described as genocide in the final report of the International Commission of Inquiry for Burundi presented to the United Nations Security Council in 1996.
caption: People fleeing during 1993 Burundian genocide
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