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230:-dominated government, began with machete attacks that killed more than 3,000 Tutsi civilians and soldiers. In the words of one observer, "the ferocity of the ensuing repression by the army was beyond imagination", with more than 100,000 Hutus being massacred over the next five months. In the
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that followed, educated Hutu people—schoolchildren, college students, civil servants—were murdered, "especially anyone wearing glasses".
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308:"Slaughter in Burundi: How Ethnic Conflict Erupted",
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770:Central African Republic
357:List of years in Burundi
288:Encyclopedia of Genocide
161:List of years in Burundi
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1037:and other territories
784:Republic of the Congo
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157:Other events of 1972
1001:States with limited
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1003:recognition
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1177:Categories
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880:Mauritania
865:Madagascar
823:The Gambia
261:References
248:", at the
182:Incumbents
885:Mauritius
299:Watt, p34
188:President
153:See also:
1068:Djibouti
1018:Rhodesia
954:Tanzania
813:Ethiopia
808:Eswatini
763:Cameroon
749:Botswana
369:Pre-1962
246:Martyazo
232:genocide
220:uprising
117:Decades:
1129:RĂ©union
964:Tunisia
930:Somalia
918:Senegal
904:Nigeria
890:Morocco
855:Liberia
850:Lesotho
789:Dahomey
756:Burundi
740:Algeria
175:Burundi
84:→
75:Burundi
28:←
979:Zambia
969:Uganda
911:Rwanda
870:Malawi
833:Guinea
252:. The
208:Events
986:Zaire
947:Sudan
899:Niger
860:Libya
845:Kenya
828:Ghana
818:Gabon
796:Egypt
254:Tutsi
228:Tutsi
213:April
145:1990s
140:1980s
134:1970s
128:1960s
123:1950s
959:Togo
875:Mali
775:Chad
684:2024
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34:1971
239:May
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