Bus accident kills 12 people in Zimbabwe

HARARE, April 16 -- At least 12 people died early Monday morning in southern Zimbabwe when a Beitbrigde-bound bus overturned, police chief spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Wayne Bvudzijena told Xinhua.

"The accident occurred around 2 a.m. this morning at the 92 km peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge highway," he said.

He said police were still gathering further details. The accident took place after the death of 49 people during last week' s Easter holiday, up from 43 recorded last year.

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192 bodies given a decent burial in Musha

192 bodies of victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, on Friday were accorded a decent burial in Musha genocide memorial site found in Rwamagana district.

About 18.310 bodies of genocide victims are buried in Musha genocide memorial site.

The bodies are mainly of Tutsis who were killed in Musha catholic parish, where they had sought refuge.

Internal security Minister Sheik Harerimana Mussa Fazil, during the event criticized people who don’t want to provide information on where the bodies were dumped during the genocide.

He said it’s sad to see, after 18 years, since the genocide against the Tutsi was stopped, bodies of victims are still being buried and searched for.

According to UWIMANA Collette who survived from the church, said that they had gone to the parish thinking that a church is a sacred place where killers would not dare come, and this explains the big number of people who died in churches.

They were wrong, because in few hours after their arrival, grenade and bullets rocked the church, painting the once holy place, with blood of innocent lives.

The killing spree at Musha Parish was led by former head of Bicumbi commune, SEMANZA Laurent, Interahamwe militias, the army and police officers.

Bikoro commune, where Musha Parish was found, was headed by BISENGIMANA Paul at the time of the genocide.

After killings, in a move that was aimed at destroying evidence, Interahamwe ferried the bodies and dumped them in Musha mining site, which was 5 meters deep.

This makes it difficult to discover the bodies.

13 April 2012

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