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A demonstration organized by MRND and CDR youth left four dead, two gendarmes and two civilians. They were protesting against the deletion of President Habyarimana's words usually broadcast by Radio Rwanda.
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518234 040905Z /38
P 040903Z AUG 92
FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1405
INFO AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY PARIS
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
UNCLAS KIGALI 03211
DEPT FOR DS/I/CT AND AF/C
E.O. 12356: N/A
TAGS: ASEC, PGOV, RW
SUBJECT: PARTY YOUTH RIOT; 4 REPORTED KILLED
REF: A) KIGALI 3208, B) KIGALI 3169
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A DEMONSTRATION BY PARTY YOUTH IN KIGALI TURNED
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VIOLENT THIS MORNING, 4 AUGUST AT ABOUT 8:00 AM,
LEAVING A REPORTED 2 MILITARY AND 2 CIVILIANS DEAD.
REPORTS ARE THAT THE YOUTH WERE MEMBERS OF THE CDR
PARTY, AND POSSIBLY OF THE MRND AS WELL. THE YOUTH
APPARENTLY CAME OUT TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE
REMOVAL OF THE EXTRACTS OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECHES
FROM THE OPENING SEGMENTS OF RADIO RWANDA'S NEWS
BROADCASTS.
2. AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE YOUTH
BLOCKED THE ROAD IN THE KACYIRU AREA LEADING TOWARD
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
DATE/CASE ID: 28 JUN 2006 200600730
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SEVERAL MINISTRY BUILDINGS (AT A POINT ABOUT 200
METERS BEYOND THE AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE -AMBASSADOR FLATEN IS ON LEAVE). THE YOUTH BEGAN
STOPPING VEHICLES AND FORCING THEIR OCCUPANTS OUT,
INCLUDING TWO HEALTH MINISTRY LAND ROVERS CARRYING 10
- 12 RWANDANS HEADING FOR A USAID-SPONSORED TRAINING
SESSION. GENDARMES ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR THE ROAD TO
THE MINISTRIES; IN THE RESULTING MELEE, AT LEAST TWO
CIVILIANS, AND POSSIBLY TWO GENDARMES WERE KILLED.
3. BY AROUND 9:30 AM THE GENDARMES HAD REGAINED
CONTROL OF THE ROAD, AND THE YOUTH HAD DISPERSED.
HOWEVER, A GROUP OF YOUTH WAS SEEN BEHIND ONE OF THE
MINISTRY BUILDINGS, APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO
REGROUP. AS OF 11:00 AM THE AREA WAS REPORTED TO BE
CALM.
4. NO AMERICANS WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS
MORNING'S INCIDENTS. EMBASSY ACTIVATED THE WARDEN
SYSTEM TO ALERT AMERICANS TO DISTURBANCE AND ADVISED
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THEM TO AVOID THIS AREA OF TOWN UNTIL CALM IS
RESTORED.
LEADER
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