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Tutsi Genocide of Hutu in Burundi 1972

No other event cast greater discredit on the First Republic than the genocidal killings perpetrated against the Hutu community in April and May 1972. The carnage took the lives of approximately 5 percent of the population and virtually wiped out the stratum of educated Hutu. Anywhere from 100,000 to 150,000 Hutu were killed in the repression triggered by the outbreak of Hutu-instigated uprisings. Besides creating deep and lasting hatred on both sides of the ethnic divide, the events of 1972 became the source of considerable tension within the Tutsi minority
Last Update: December 16, 2000

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