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Rwandan genocide

A Hutu sub-chief, was attacked close to his home

Sunday Nov 1, 1959
Byimana, Rwanda

On 1 November 1959 Dominique Mbonyumutwa, a Hutu sub-chief, was attacked close to his home in Byimana, Gitarama prefecture, by supporters of the pro-Tutsi party. Mbonyumutwa survived, but rumours began spreading that he had been killed.


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