BUJUMBURA Todd Helton Authentic Jersey , Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Burundian Truth andReconciliation Commission (TRC) has discovered over 110 mass gravesin Mwaro province in central Burundi, TRC said on Friday inBujumbura, capital city of Burundi.
"Statistics on mass graves in Mwaro province show that massacresthat took place in Burundi in 1972 and 1993 left more than 110 massgraves discovered in several areas of the province," said MonsignorJean Louis Nahimana, chairman of TRC.
Citizens showed us where those mass graves are located Nolan Arenado Authentic Jersey , but weverified before trusting them, said the chairman.
Nahimana was presenting the results of a three-week field visitin Mwaro and Karusi provinces whereby the TRC interviewed 4,792people who lost members of their families during crises thathappened since the east African nation's independence in 1962.
The TRC is mandated to investigate into crimes and perpetratorsof massacres that happened in Burundi between Burundi'sindependence on July 1, 1962 and Dec. 4, 2008 that coincides withthe signing of a ceasefire between the Burundian government and thelast rebel group -- the Party for the Liberation of the HutuPeople-National Liberation Forces (Palipehutu-FNL).
Burundi faced several crises that led to inter-ethnic massacresbetween the Hutu majority group and the Tutsi minority group.
Other mass graves were also discovered in Karusi province duringthe TRC field visit that happened in both provinces between Aug. 9and Aug. 29 this year.
"In addition to interviewing people who lost members of theirfamilies Wade Davis Jersey , we also interviewed 30 key witnesses of the 1972 and 1993crises," said Nahimana.