Bugesera swamps, where countless Tutsi families were exterminated
The present-day Bugesera District was formerly Kanzenze, Ngenda and Gashora communes and has the biggest number of genocide memorials.
![Mourners during a commemorators activity at the part of the swamp where thousands of Tutsi were killed during the Genocide between April and May 1994. Kelly Rwamapera. Mourners during a commemorators activity at the part of the swamp where thousands of Tutsi were killed during the Genocide between April and May 1994. Kelly Rwamapera.](https://www.newtimes.co.rw/uploads/imported_images/files/main/articles/2019/03/12/commemorators-at-the-part-of-the-swamp.jpg)
Mourners during a commemorators activity at the part of the swamp where thousands of Tutsi were killed during the Genocide between April and May 1994. Kelly Rwamapera.