About 800,000 people were killed during the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. At a memorial ceremony commemorated the Survivors of the victims. “What happened here will never happen again,” said President Kagame.
With a moving ceremony reminded the people in Rwanda, the genocide, 25 years ago. President Paul Kagame promised at the Central Celebration in the capital, Kigali, history will not repeat itself.
body and mind had worn amputations and scars, he said. “But none of us is alone. We Rwandans have granted us a new beginning. We live in a state of permanent remembrance, every day, in everything we do.”
“Not only bodies were destroyed, but also the idea of Rwanda,” said the 61-Year-old and added: “What happened here will never happen again.” The head of state warned that Rwanda could not afford to be complacent. “Sorry for what we have lived through, should be enough to keep our fighting spirit alive.”
Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the Commission of the African Union, Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, his wife, Jeannette Nyiramongi Kagame and Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, to ignite a flame in memory of the victims.
flame at the genocide monument inflamed
At the genocide memorial of Gisozi inflamed Kagame a flame – together with other politicians such as EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker. The great memorial celebration was held at the national stadium. There had brought, 25 years ago, thousands of people with the help of the UN in security.
With the events, starts a country-wide commemorative week. Up to July, national mourning is also.
The mass murder of the Tutsi minority began at 6. In April 1994, when a plane was shot down with the then President Juvenal Habyarimana. He belonged to the Hutu ethnic group. The Tutsi were made responsible for the Downing. Subsequently, Hutu extremists with the killing of the Tutsis began, they were supported by army, police and militias. In the case of the genocide approximately 800,000 people were killed.
Rwanda commemorates the victims of the genocide, 25 years ago
tagesschau at 20:00, 07.04.2019, Sabine Bohland, ARD Nairobi currently Kigali
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