Hutu survivors from the shootings and subsequent stampede in Kibeho camp penned themselves into a compound the day after the slaughter and refused to leave.Over 4000 Hutus were killed during an operation by the Tutsi Rwandan army to clear the Kibeho refugee camp. The tragedy occurred after the army opened fire on the crowd of 100,000 refugees who had been crammed into a small area in the middle of the camp. The crowd panicked and tried to run, crushing thousands in the melee. Many more were shot and macheted by the RPA. The tragedy left over 95,000 children orphaned.
It was in southern Rwanda, April 1995, when British photographer Paul Lowe made this picture. Thousands of Hutus had crammed into a small area of the Kibeho camp, one day after Tutsi soldiers had massacred thousands of people there. FULL STORY
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