The village of Gatumba lies on the western side of Burundi , near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The place is known for a massacre that took place at Gatumba refugee camp connected to the village.
4-549: On August 13, 2004, a refugee camp in Gatumba was the scene of one of the largest civilian massacres carried out in Burundi in recent years. A force of armed combatants, many of them members of the Forces for National Liberation (FNL) , massacred at least 166 Congolese civilians and wounded another 106. The FNL is a predominantly Hutu rebel movement known for its hostility to Tutsi and
8-492: A "descent into hell", and announcing that he had been replaced. Rwasa was reported to have fled to Tanzania. 3°20′S 29°15′E / 3.333°S 29.250°E / -3.333; 29.250 This Burundi location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . massacre Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
12-678: The Burundian government issued arrest warrants for the group's leader, Agathon Rwasa , and declared its intention to refer the matter to the International Criminal Court . The United Nations issued a resolution condemning the attack, and the African Union declared the FNL a terrorist organisation. No arrests have yet been made. In October 2005, the FNL issued a statement condemning the Gatumba massacre, denouncing Agathon Rwasa for leading
16-514: The victims were largely Banyamulenge , a group often categorized with Tutsi . The FNL is believed to have been behind a series of other attacks, including the December 28, 2000 Titanic Express massacre . Brigadier-General Germain Niyoyankana, head of the Burundian army, accused Congolese troops of complicity in the killings. Following the FNL's admission of responsibility for the Gatumba massacre,
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