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Ikiza (1972 Burundi genocide)

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Bujumbura · Bururi · Rumonge · Lake Cyohoha · Kirundo

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Tutsi-led army massacred 100–300,000 Hutu after a southern Hutu uprising — the first acknowledged genocide in independent Africa.

Belligerents1

Burundi

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Ikiza (1972 Burundi genocide) (1972). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/ikiza-1972-burundi-genocide · Sources & methodology