On this day ,11th.April.1994 is the date in which over 2000 Tutsi refugees who were seeking refuge at ETO Kicukiro under the protection of the Belgian troops were massacred after the troops withdrew leaving them at the mercy of the Interahamwe militia.
In 1994, within the ETO compound, there was a post of UNAMIR troops who had come in the framework of peacekeeping. That is why the Tutsi had taken refuge there in large numbers, hoping to be protected by these well-armed UN soldiers.
Disappointingly, the UNAMIR soldiers withdrew from the place, leaving the refugees behind. What happened next was the massacre at Nyanza.
Leonidas Rusatira, a FAR soldier with the rank of Colonel brought in numerous soldiers who prevented the Tutsi from fleeing to the CND (current Rwandan Parliament) where the RPF soldiers were accommodated.
The FAR soldiers and Interahamwe then decided to transfer the Tutsi from ETO Kicukiro to Nyanza Kicukiro on foot. They went killing them on the way, from SONATUBES up to Nyanza. Those who had not died on the way were then exterminated at Nyanza by use of grenades, before Interahamwe came in to kill those who were still alive.
French operation Amaryllis and Belgian operation silverback were nothing but selective evacuation which left Rwandans for dead.
Src: Dacronica
