Kibeho alleged visionaries in that case, which alleged visionaries are other than the three original visionaries of Mary. Kibeho church was the site of one of the early massacres of the Rwandan genocide; it is estimated that around 17,500 people were killed. After the 1994 genocide, in which the Hutu killed an estimated 5,000/6,000 Tutsi in Kibeho,it became the site of an internally displaced person (IDP) refugee camp, with many of the Hutu refugees suspected of having participated in the genocide. The camp was the largest in Rwanda, spreading 9 square kilometers and containing between 80,000 and 100,000 people. In mid
Origins of Hutu, Tutsi and Twa area may have assimilated some South Cushitic pastoralists. In general, the Tutsi appear to share a close genetic kinship with neighboring Bantu populations, particularly the Hutu. However, it is unclear whether this similarity is primarily due to extensive genetic exchanges between these communities through intermarriage or whether it ultimately stems from common origins: [...]generations of gene flow obliterated whatever clear-cut physical distinctions may have once existed between these two Bantu peoples – renowned to be height, body build, and facial features. With a spectrum of physical variation in the peoples, Belgian authorities legally mandated ethnic affiliation in the 1920s, based