Rwandan genocide - skullsKigali, Rwanda The investigations into the 1994 Rwandan genocide should be completed by the end of July, according to a spokesperson for the traditional Gacaca courts . The courts are a form of community based justice that were set up in an attempt to deal with the nearly 100,000 people accused of war crimes . The 1994 Rwandan genocide was an eruption of ethnic conflict where Hutu militia, supported by the Hutu dominated government and encouraged by 'hate radio', attempted to ethnically cleanse the minority Tutsi . Despite numerous warnings the international community did not take serious action to prevent the atrocities, which included hacking people to death with machetes, and forcing people into buildings that were then destroyed with bulldozers. Estimates place the number killed at up to one million.
Rwandan genocide - skullsKigali, Rwanda The investigations into the 1994 should be completed by the end of July, according to a spokesperson for the traditional . The courts are a form of community based justice that were set up in an attempt to deal with the nearly 100,000 people accused of . The 1994 Rwandan genocide was an eruption of ethnic conflict where militia, supported by the Hutu dominated government and encouraged by 'hate radio', attempted to ethnically cleanse the minority . Despite numerous warnings the international community did not take serious action to prevent the atrocities, which included hacking people to death with machetes, and forcing people into buildings that were then destroyed with bulldozers. Estimates place the number killed at up to one million.
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