"The following day we had rumours that Hutus were out to kill every Tutsi in the country, claiming that we, the Tutsis had killed the Hutu president. We were advised to stay indoors. I had never seen my parents so agitated and terrified all my life."
"Then there was a knock at the door and before we could even respond, the door fell in and about four or so people came in and dragged my father out by his legs. That was the last we saw of him."
"We were hiding under the bed but we could see everything. Mother told us to keep quiet. Then the shooting began."
"The bullets came in and hit everything in the way. Yet no-one dared scream. Mother could not cover all four of us."
"I could feel
blood coming from under my right shoulder and I did not know whether I was
hit or not. I could not feel any pain then. My mind was occupied with the
terror of being hacked to death."...
Hamis Kamuhanda, 11 years old in 1994
Interview by BBC
