Barutwanayo, Vincent

Barutwanayo, Vincent

Vincent Barutwanayo

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Interviewee Age

73

Interviewee Gender

Male

Interviewee Ethnicity

Hutu

Geographical Location(s) during the genocide

Makamba

Interview Date

2025

Summary of Oral History

Vincent Barutwanayo said soldiers captured his father and four uncles, tied them up with cords, and proceeded to slice them to death with machetes right before his eyes. When Barutwanayo tried to escape the violence, he said soldiers spared his life, but not before holding him down in the street so he could watch his father die. After the attack, Barutwanayo said his suffering only continued to grow. The mothers in the communities were left without fathers and providers for their children. As a result of their deaths, he said homes began to collapse around him. Now, more than 50 years after this gruesome attack, Barutwanayo said the people who ordered his family be murdered are still alive and currently live in the same community with him.

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