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Rwandan government gunship attacks MSF vehicle
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01 Juillet 1994
Agence France−Presse
Anglais
(Copyright 1994)
BRUSSELS, July 1 (AFP) − A Rwandan government gunship Friday attacked a vehicle
being used by French medical aid group Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in the
Nyamata region of southern Rwanda, MSF said in a statement released here.
The low−flying government army helicopter fired two rockets at the well−marked
transporter on a road five kilometres (three miles) outside Nyamata, the
statement said.
"Nobody was hurt in the attack, which has to be seen as a serious violation of
international humanitarian law," MSF said, adding that the rockets missed their
target.
The region in which the attack happened is generally under the control of the
rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).
Meanwhile the aid group said its staff in Rwanda had seen a mass movement of
people being herded towards the town of Rilima, also in the south of the
country, ordered there by the RPF "for security reasons."
The exodus was happening in "poor conditions and without real preparations,"
MSF said.
Since the start of this week, between 50,000 and 100,000 people have been
forced to leave the towns of Gitarama, Ruhango, Kagbai and Nyanza and several
refugee camps, MSF said.
"It is impossible to guess the exact number of people who never reach their
destination," victims of dysentery and dehydration, MSF said.
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