What the records say
- When
- Apr 1972 – Aug 1972
- Kind
- Genocide
- Deaths
- 100,000
- Coordinates
- 3.67° S, 29.82° E
- Description
- 1972 mass killings of Hutus in Burundi
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ikiza: Burundi government forces begin a 4-month genocide against the Hutu people, killing 100,000–300,000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ikiza”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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