E/CN.4/1995/91 page 78 (c) At the Christus Centre at Kigali, three Tutsi Jesuit priests were killed by soldiers on the morning of Thursday, 7 April. The victims were Chrysologue Mahame, Patrick Gahigi and Innocent Rutagambwa. Nine young African girls from the Vita et Pax Institute, who were engaging in a spiritual retreat at that centre run by the Jesuits in the Rwandan capital, were also killed. The same fate was suffered by five Rwandan diocesan priests: Straton Gakwaya, Jean-Marie Vianney Niyirema, Alfred Nzabakuran (all three from Gikongoro), Boniface Kanyoni (a priest from the diocese of Butare) and Juvenal Rutumbu (Ruhengeri), the Deputy Rector of the Main Seminary at Nyakibanda. (d) In the archdiocese of Kigali, Abbé Ananie Rugasira, a relative of the archbishop, and novice members of the Pallottine Sisters of Masaka and Benebikira, were murdered at Kabuga (Masaka); (e) In the diocese of Byumba, the Catalan Father Joaquim Vallmajo, a Spanish national, was killed by soldiers at Kageyo. Joseph Hitimana, Fidele Mulinda, Faustin Mulindwa, Alexis Havugimana, Athanase Nkumdabanyanga, Christian Nkiliyehe, Ladislas Muhayemungu and Gaspard Mudashimwa were also murdered in other circumstances; (f) In the diocese of Nyundo, the clergy was decimated. At Nyundo, 25 teachers at the Small Seminary, mainly consisting of members of the Rwandan clergy, and a Joséphite Father were killed on 7 and 8 April. The Rwandan Abbés Augustin Ntagara, Adrien Naznana and Deo Twagirayezu were murdered on 8 April. Three abbés in the parish of Rambura, Spiridion Kageyo, Antoine Niyitegeka and Antoine Habiyambere, were also killed. Other priests from the diocese of Nyundo also lost their lives at unidentified locations, namely, Innocent Ruberiseza and Narcisse Sebasare (from Birambo), Louis Gasore and François Twigenza (from Muhororo), Théophile Rutagengwa (from Muramba), Callixte Kalisa, Herman Mwambari, Augustin Nkezabera, Alois Nzaramba, Silas Gasake, Clément Kanyabusozo, Robert Matajyabo, Ferdinand Kerekezi, Edouard Gakwandi, Vénuste Nsengiyumva, Thaddée Gatore, Matthias Gahinda, Deogratias Rwivanga, Boniface Senyenzi and Albert Gashema; (g) In the diocese of Butare, numerous priests were murdered during the first month of the disturbances. At Nyinawimana, Abbés Augustin Mashyendeli and Célestin Muhayimana were killed. At Gisagara, Abbé Tharcisse Rubingiza, a teacher of exegesis at the Main Seminary at Nyakibanda, was murdered. At Nyanza, Abbés Matthieu Ngirumpatse, Jean-Bosco Yilirwahandi, Innocent Nyangezi and Callixte Uwitonze, from the diocese of Gikongoro, also lost their lives. Abbé Segond Ntibaziga, from Gakoma, and two novices from the Benedictine Abbey at Gihindamuayga (Fathers Gaëtan and Antoine) died at an unidentified location. In the town of Butare, six priests were imprisoned for unknown reasons. Three of them were killed during their transfer to Gikongoro prison and the three others were released on Sunday, 31 May. While passing behind the prison and the match factory in order to avoid the check-points, Justin Furaha, parish priest of Save, Pierre Ngoga, parish priest of Kibeho, and Firmin Butera, parish priest of Higiro, were killed by unidentified persons. Abbé Callixte Nkeshumpatse was murdered at Bugesera;

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