STRIFE IN RWANDA: THE FIGHTING; Deaths in Rwanda Fighting Said to Be 20,000 or More
By WILLIAM E. SCHMIDT APRIL 11, 1994

As fighting between rival tribal factions in neighboring Rwanda appeared to slacken today, relief workers in Kigali, the capital, estimated the death toll from four days of
ethnic warfare and reprisal killings at more than 20,000.

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