KWIBUKA JENOSIDE YAKOREWE ABAHUTU UMUNSI WA 27: Ubwicanyi bwakorewe abahutu ku mugezi wa Ulindi.

Ku ya 5 Gashyantare 1997, inyeshyamba za ya AFDL zifatanyije n’ingabo za APR yishe impunzi 500 ku kiraro ku mugezi wa Ulindi ku birometero icyenda uvuye i Shabunda-Centre. Abenshi mu bahiciwe ni impunzi zahunze inkambi ya Kabakita ya mbere , iya kabiri n’iya gatatu.
Aba bari abarokotse mu nkambi za Uvira na Bukavu bari banyuze Shabunda banyuze ku muhanda wa Kindu, banyura mu midugudu ya Chimanga, Kingulube, Katshungu na Shabunda.

Ubuhamya:
“Nyuma y’ibyumweru bibiri tugenda mu mashyamba dukurikiye umuhanda ushaje wari warahindutse inzira gusa, ni twe mpunzi za mbere zageze SHABUNDA ziherereye nko muri kilometero 400 mu burengerazuba bwa BUKAVU. I SHABUNDA tugeze i KINGURUBE, abasirikari ba Zaire baradufashe batwambura imitungo yacu maze badushyira imbere ngo abe ari twe inyeshyamba ziza guheraho zirasa.

Impunzi zose zimaze kugera ku birometero birenga 200 uvuye Kingurube zasubijwe SHABUNDA ku gahato. Bashyizwe mu nkambi eshatu (Kabakita I, II na III) harimo imwe yari igizwe n’mpunzi z’Abahutu b’abarundi ku ruzi rwa ULINDI ahateganye n’umujyi wa SHABUNDA. Uru ruzi rwari rufite rufite ikiraro gishaje cy’ibyuma kirekire cyane hafi metero 100 z’uburebure, Abasirikare ba Zayire (FAZ) bari hakurya y’iki kiraro kugirango babuze impunzi kwinjira mu mujyi.

Mu gihe cy’amezi abiri, hari hageze impunzi zirenga 70.000 zitegereje ubufasha bwa HCR, PAM na CROIX ROUGE.

Ku ya 5 Gashyantare 1997, igice kimwe cy’ingabo za FPR zagose impunzi ziturutse inyuma kugira ngo zibahatire bose kwiroha mu ruzi, ikindi gice gitera imbere mu mujyi wa SHABUNDA. Hari inzira ebyiri gusa zo gusohoka: iya mbere yasabaga kwambukiranya uruzi ukoresheje ubwato kandi abayobozi bari bahagaritseamato ku ruhande rwa SHABUNDA; iya kabiri ni umuhanda ugana ku kiraro cyari kirinzwe n’ingabo za FAZ.

Ku mpande zombi z’umuhanda, ni ishyamba ry’inzitane ririmo ibihuru by’amahwa bifatanye n’ibiti binini huzuyemo inzoka z’amoko yose. Ku ya 5 Gashyantare 1997, saa kumi n’imwe za mu gitondo, igisasu cya FPR cyaturikiye hagati mu nkambi y’impunzi. Inzira yonyine yari umuhanda, kuko gusubira inyuma kwari ukwishyira FPR, twagombaga kwiruka tujya ku kiraro gusa. Baturashemo ibisasu byinshi, tubona ibice by’imibiri bitumuka mu kirere, impunzi zimwe ziroha mu mazi abandi ku kiraro. Benshi banyura hagati yimbaho ​​z’ibyuma bagwa mu mazi.
Byari biteye ubwoba ndetse abafashwe n’amasasu cyangwa abaguye mu mazi bagize amahirwe yo kutongera kubabara. Amasasu yamaze amasaha arenga ane. Ntidushobora kumenya neza umubare w’abaguye aho hantu ariko barenga ibihumbi.”

Bose tubibuke, tugaye ubunyamaswa bw’ababishe, kandi duharanire ubutabera.