Back Massacres de hutus durante a Primeira Guerra do Congo Portuguese Mauaji ya Wahutu wakati wa Vita vya Kwanza vya Kongo Swahili Birinci Kongo Savaşı sırasında Hutuların Soykırımı Turkish
| Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War | |
|---|---|
| Part of the First Congo War | |
 Aerial photograph of the Mihanda refugee camp | |
| Location | Kivu, Zaire |
| Date | October 1996 to May 1997 |
| Target | Hutu refugees and Interhamwe |
Attack type | Genocidal massacres |
| Deaths | 200,000–233,000[1] |
| Perpetrators | Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre Rwandan Patriotic Army |
| Motive | Anti-Hutu sentiment, revenge for the Rwandan genocide |
During the First Congo War, Rwandan, Congolese, and Burundian Hutu men, women, and children in villages and refugee camps were hunted down and became victims of mass killings in eastern Zaire (now named the Democratic Republic of the Congo).[2]
- ^ Lemarchand, René (2011). Forgotten Genocides: Oblivion, Denial, and Memory. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8122-4335-2.
- ^ Leaning, Jennifer; Sollom, Richard; Austin, Kathi (1996). "Investigations in Eastern Congo and Western Rwanda". Physicians for Human Rights.