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...July the last elected President had to flee for his life into the U.S. embassy, where he remains to this day. The Roman Catholic cleric would give no quarter to the murderers, either to the Hutu, who make up the majority of the country, or to his fellow Tutsi, who control the military. At a memorial for massacre victims last July, he declared, "Let me warn the killers and those who sent them: your crimes are the shame of humanity. And let me say to those who seek vengeance, if you too become a killer, God will curse you just...
...been shamed by incidents of priests and nuns leading massacres, the church in Burundi has spoken out against hatred, extremism and murder. For so doing, clerics have been threatened and killed in Burundi, where Christians, predominantly Catholics, form as much as 85% of the population--both Hutu and Tutsi. Ruhuna had received countless threats before, as have other prelates. Both Hutu and Tutsi blamed each other for the crime, and on Friday the military announced it had killed seven Hutu rebels it claimed were behind the murder. Ruhuna's martyrdom has not led to a cessation of violence...
...time." It fails, however, to draw the obvious conclusion that disintegration occurred in 1969 when Belgium, not the Rwandan people, expelled His Majesty King Kigeli V, and that reintegration is contingent on his restoration. Interestingly, last month the King addressed supporters in Montreal who consisted of Hutu and Tutsi joined in a common cause. KENNETH GUNN-WALBERG Philipsburg, Pennsylvania...
Given those sentiments, the cycle of Hutu-Tutsi massacre and revenge seems unbreakable. Perhaps in time separate homelands can be created or power-sharing negotiations can once again take place. Until then, so long as Hutu and Tutsi are left to themselves, the killing will continue...
...belief led to last week's military coup in Burundi. When the coalition government designed to protect the interests of both sides invited foreign military intervention last month to impose security as a prelude to all party talks, government figures were denounced as traitors at home by Hutu and Tutsi extremists alike. Both groups feared that the outside forces would help their enemies to victory and endanger their very existence...