Census-Takers Count Genocide Deaths

Authorities in Rwanda have started a nationwide census aimed at establishing a realistic figure for the number of people slaughtered during 1994’s genocide. A team of 1,600 investigators was appointed to carry out the 10-day mission, which began Monday, said Protais Musoni, secretary-general in the Ministry of Local Government. The government and human rights organizations say as many as 800,000 civilians, mostly Tutsis, were slaughtered by Hutu extremists. Musoni said 91,000 people would take part in the census, going from house to house to record the number of those reported killed and how they died.