Rwanda genocide perpetrator recounts forced killings, seeks forgiveness

Warning: Some of the contents in this video contains some distressing images. A ceremony is getting underway in Rwanda to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide. In just 100 days, Hutu militias killed more than 800 thousand people, mostly from the ethnic Tutsi minority, as well as Hutu moderates. It was triggered by the assassination of the Hutu president Juvenal Habyarimana. Hutus accused Tutsi rebels from the Rwandan Patriotic Front of shooting down his plane. The group denied involvement. Between April and July, Hutu militias and elements within the Rwandan army slaughtered Tutsis and political opponents. The killings finally stopped on July the 4th when the Rwandan Patriotic Front, backed by Uganda’s army, captured the capital, Kigali. Nizireye Yohana's mother was a Tutsi and his father was a Hutu. He was 30 years old when he says Hutu forces made him kill Tutsis. Nizireye was jailed for 15 years by grassroots courts formed to serve justice in local communities after the genocide. Mireille Abewe is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. She says finding reconciliation is an ongoing process. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Rwanda #RwandaGenocide #RwandanGenocide #NeverAgain #RwandaMassGraves #AlJazeeraEnglish