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...have to face his community and the families of those he killed. "It weighs heavily on my mind," he says. "They might even be angry enough to kill me, but I have to try to ask them to forgive me." It isn't forgiveness that concerns Kigali resident Domitila Nyirakamanzi - it's fear of renewed violence, and anger that the government isn't helping victims like her. Nyirakamanzi, 56, lived through a killing spree in the first few days of the genocide. Her right hand is scarred with machete wounds; a bullet is still lodged there. When the Hutu came...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Killers Come Home | 2/23/2003 | See Source »

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