Interahamwe

In the Rwandan genocide, I play the role of the Interahamwe. People blame us because we were the killers. All of the people that blame us don’t know anything. We were brainwashed by the National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND). They had radio stations that had told all Rwandans that the Tutsis were making a plan to kill us. We were told to kill Tutsis and as the military, we did what we were told. They were telling us to kill and we did. Asking us why we killed people would be like asking why would you kill people in WWll. It is the same story.

I would also blame the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) for invading Rwanda in the first place. If they wouldn’t have invaded in the first place, none of this would’ve happened if they wouldn’t have invaded. The MRND might’ve thought that when the RPF invaded, that Tutsis were invading and getting ready to kill.

Juvenal Habyarimana is also to blame. He was the Hutu president and armed us with spears and machetes and threatened us. He told us if the rebels tried to take over to kill all Tutsis. We listened.

These are all of the reasons why we were told to kill.