Remains of nearly 85,000 genocide victims buried in Rwanda
A picture taken at the Nyanza Genocide Memorial, Kigali, shows some of the 81 coffins containing newly discovered remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 genocide buried during a funeral ceremony on May 4, 2019. PHOTO | YASUYOSHI CHIBA | AFP
The remains of nearly 85,000 people murdered in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi were laid to rest Saturday in a sombre ceremony in the Rwandan capital Kigali, a quarter of a century after the slaughter.
Mourners sobbed as 81 white coffins containing the remains of 84,437 victims of the 1994 mass killings were buried at the Nyanza Genocide Memorial in the capital.
