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A Hutu Interahamwe force on Thursday crossed from the DRC and attacked Tamira camp in Mutura Commune, Gisenyi Prefecture, leaving 20 people dead and eight injured, Radio Rwanda reported at the weekend. After the attack, the militia retreated to the DRC with the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) in pursuit, the report said. Local leaders cited by Rwandan radio condemned what they called a "barbaric act by the genocidal forces" while military
officials described it as "an isolated but unfortunate incident given that such raids have not been heard of in the country for the past year and a half."
A group calling itself the Armee de Liberation du Rwanda (ALIR) on Saturday denied that the attack had targeted civilian resettlement camps, claiming instead that its militia had occupied and ransacked a military camp, killing Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) soldiers and seizing arms and
ammunition. "We never attacked civilians; the truth is that we attacked Bigogwe military camp," the ALIR said Saturday.
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