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2 decades after genocide, mass graves containing thousands of bodies found in Rwanda

More than two decades after the Rwandan genocide, four new mass graves have been found in Kigali Province, containing 2,000 to 3,000 bodies. The first bodies were found Sunday, Rwanda's The New Times reports, and the excavation is ongoing. An old photo album was found in one of the graves, and relatives of people who have been missing since the genocide have flocked to the area, hoping to find out if their relatives are buried there. More than 800,000 people, Tutsi and moderate Hutus, were murdered during the 1994 genocide.

 

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