http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-13431486
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Rusesabagina
http://www.rwanda-genocide.org
Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days. Isn't it just terrible that they can't even give a conclusive number? That number could be way bigger! They can't tell how many were murdered. Even though it was an attack on the tutsi "race" because the two "races" looked the same if you didn't have correct proof you were hutu or part of the interahamwe you were brutally killed. It wasn't even a sweet bullet to the brain, people were hacked to death with household appliances and machetes They suffered before their lives were taken away. They watched while their friends and family slowly bled out next to them. If that isn't horrifying then I don't know what is?!?
The UN was absolutely pathetic. They weren't piece makers, They were peacekeepers which is totally different. They couldn't use force. And proper help didn't arrive until 3 months after the genocide. Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994. Kigali is mentioned in the play as Alex wishes to visit this village in Rwanda!
I feel like the play "The witness" contains many parallels and aspects of the genocides in a physical sense. The build up tensions and anger erupted into furious actions with costly proportions. I was researching and I came across something. It was describe as a systematic massacre! If that isn't one of the most chilling ways to describe it then I don't what is! Systematic. It was S-Y-S-T-EM-A-T-I-C A Hmmm I wonder what other genocide was like that? Maybe a little known incident known as the HOLOCAUST! But Rwanda is considered as less catastrophic (in my own opinion). Here's a few photos to give a visual.
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