The assassination of Rosalie Gicanda gave the signal for the beginning of the genocide against the Tutsis in the town of the Butare prefecture. Indeed, she was the first person to fall victim to the genocidaires in this prefecture, which had previously been immune to the crime of crimes. As soon as the news of her murder spread, the extremist Hutu bands of Butare systematically massacred their compatriots, their Tutsi neighbours.

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