Rwanda genocide victims sue Belgium: News24: Africa: News
Belgian troops left 2 000 Tutsi refugees to the mercy of Hutu militia who hacked and machine-gunned them to death at the start of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, a lawyer for survivors said on Wednesday.
The charge was made at the opening of a civil trial in Brussels brought by two genocide survivors against the Belgian state and three soldiers for failing to protect the refugees.
In spring 1994, the Belgian contingent formed the backbone of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda that was deployed to the central African country after a power-sharing peace agreement between Hutus and Tutsis.