Nyarubuye

Nyarubuye is a sector (imirenge) of the Kirehe District, Eastern Province in Rwanda.

[1] In April 1994, many Tutsis sought refuge in a Catholic church in Nyarubuye.

[2] On 7 July 2006, the Appeals Chamber of the ICTR sentenced Gacumbitsi to life imprisonment.

[4] A similar event occurred in a Catholic church in Nyange, Kibuye, which was bulldozed and attacked on 16 April 1994, killing more than 1,500 displaced Tutsis inside.

The parish priest, Father Athanase Seromba, was convicted in 2006 of genocide for that crime at the ICTR.