{"id":668,"date":"2025-04-07T07:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/?page_id=668"},"modified":"2026-02-14T18:37:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:37:26","slug":"genocide-rwandais-le-7-avril-1994-10-de-nos-soldats-executes-800-000-personnes-assassinees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/genocide-rwandais-le-7-avril-1994-10-de-nos-soldats-executes-800-000-personnes-assassinees\/","title":{"rendered":"G\u00e9nocide rwandais : Le 7 avril 1994, 10 de nos soldats ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s, 800 000 personnes assassin\u00e9es"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Le 7 avril 1994, dix Casques bleus belges, membres du 2e bataillon de commandos, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 brutalement captur\u00e9s, tortur\u00e9s et ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s \u00e0 Kigali, la capitale du Rwanda. Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement tragique s\u2019inscrit dans le contexte du g\u00e9nocide rwandais, une p\u00e9riode de violence extr\u00eame qui a co\u00fbt\u00e9 la vie \u00e0 environ 800 000 personnes en seulement 100 jours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le g\u00e9nocide rwandais a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9clench\u00e9 par l\u2019attentat contre l\u2019avion du pr\u00e9sident rwandais Juv\u00e9nal Habyarimana le 6 avril 1994. Cet \u00e9v\u00e9nement a servi de catalyseur \u00e0 des extr\u00e9mistes hutus qui ont lanc\u00e9 une campagne d\u2019extermination contre la minorit\u00e9 tutsie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les paras-commandos belges faisaient partie de la Mission des Nations Unies pour l\u2019assistance au Rwanda (MINUAR). Leur mission \u00e9tait de maintenir la paix et de prot\u00e9ger les civils. Le 7 avril, ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 envoy\u00e9s pour assurer la protection de la Premi\u00e8re ministre rwandaise, Agathe Uwilingiyimana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><em>Les soldats belges ont \u00e9t\u00e9 captur\u00e9s, d\u00e9sarm\u00e9s et emmen\u00e9s au camp militaire de Kigali, o\u00f9 ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 tortur\u00e9s et ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s. Cet acte de violence a provoqu\u00e9 une onde de choc en Belgique et a conduit au retrait des troupes belges du Rwanda.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Le meurtre pr\u00e9m\u00e9dit\u00e9 de nos paras-commandos a eu des cons\u00e9quences politiques importantes soulevant des questions sur le r\u00f4le de la communaut\u00e9 internationale dans la pr\u00e9vention et la r\u00e9ponse aux g\u00e9nocides et crimes de masse. Cet acte a eu pour cons\u00e9quence directe le retrait des troupes belges, en laissant la population rwandaise vuln\u00e9rable face \u00e0 la violence. Chaque ann\u00e9e, des c\u00e9r\u00e9monies comm\u00e9moratives sont organis\u00e9es en Belgique et au Rwanda pour honorer la m\u00e9moire des victimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kigali2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kigali2.jpg 591w, https:\/\/rrb.be\/rrb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/kigali2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photographie du lieu d\u2019ex\u00e9cution de nos militaires<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Souvenons-nous de ce g\u00e9nocide rwandais, mais aussi de nos soldats de la paix honteusement assassin\u00e9s.<br><strong>Photographies de quelques soldats avant le drame :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default 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