What the records say
- When
- 21 Dec 1963 – 27 Dec 1963
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 2.21° S, 30.14° E
- Description
- 1963 attacks on and massacres in Rwanda
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bugesera invasion
1963 Inyenzi rebels attacks and massacres in Rwanda
The Bugesera invasion, also known as the Bloody Christmas, was a military attack which was conducted against Rwanda by rebels called Inyenzi who aimed to overthrow the government in December 1963. The Inyenzi were a collection of ethnically Tutsi exiles who were affiliated with the Rwandan political party Union Nationale Rwandaise (UNAR), which had supported Rwanda's deposed Tutsi monarchy.
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