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The class="ok"> governor class="ok"> of class="ok"> Rwanda’s class="ok"> southern class="ok"> province class="ok"> of class="ok"> Butare class="ok"> was class="ok"> assassinated class="ok"> in class="ok"> an class="ok"> ambush, class="ok"> the class="ok"> prime class="ok"> minister class="ok"> said class="ok"> Sunday. class="ok"> He class="ok"> blamed class="ok"> soldiers class="ok"> of class="ok"> the class="ok"> defeated class="ok"> Hutu-led class="ok"> government class="ok"> living class="ok"> in class="ok"> neighboring class="ok"> Zaire.
Pierre-Claver class="ok"> Rwangabo class="ok"> was class="ok"> shot class="ok"> Saturday class="ok"> night class="ok"> near class="ok"> the class="ok"> town class="ok"> of class="ok"> Butare, class="ok"> the class="ok"> provincial class="ok"> capital class="ok"> near class="ok"> the class="ok"> border class="ok"> with class="ok"> Burundi, class="ok"> Prime class="ok"> Minister class="ok"> Faustin class="ok"> Twagiramungu class="ok"> said class="ok"> by class="ok"> telephone class="ok"> from class="ok"> Rwanda’s class="ok"> capital, class="ok"> Kigali.
Rwangabo’s class="ok"> son class="ok"> and class="ok"> driver class="ok"> also class="ok"> were class="ok"> killed, class="ok"> Rwandan class="ok"> radio class="ok"> reported.
The class="ok"> prime class="ok"> minister class="ok"> said class="ok"> the class="ok"> killing class="ok"> of class="ok"> Rwangabo, class="ok"> a class="ok"> moderate class="ok"> Hutu, class="ok"> is class="ok"> believed class="ok"> to class="ok"> have class="ok"> been class="ok"> carried class="ok"> out class="ok"> by class="ok"> soldiers class="ok"> of class="ok"> the class="ok"> defeated class="ok"> Hutu-led class="ok"> government class="ok"> who class="ok"> have class="ok"> sought class="ok"> refuge class="ok"> in class="ok"> Zaire. class="ok"> An class="ok"> estimated class="ok"> 30,000 class="ok"> former class="ok"> soldiers class="ok"> and class="ok"> 10,000 class="ok"> allied class="ok"> militiamen class="ok"> are class="ok"> among class="ok"> some class="ok"> 1 class="ok"> million class="ok"> Rwandan class="ok"> refugees class="ok"> in class="ok"> the class="ok"> camps.
But class="ok"> a class="ok"> U.S. class="ok"> human class="ok"> rights class="ok"> group class="ok"> official class="ok"> said class="ok"> extremist class="ok"> Tutsis class="ok"> were class="ok"> more class="ok"> likely class="ok"> suspects. class="ok"> They class="ok"> had class="ok"> accused class="ok"> the class="ok"> governor class="ok"> of class="ok"> being class="ok"> too class="ok"> soft class="ok"> on class="ok"> Hutus class="ok"> accused class="ok"> in class="ok"> the class="ok"> massacres class="ok"> of class="ok"> a class="ok"> estimated class="ok"> 500,000 class="ok"> people, class="ok"> mostly class="ok"> Tutsis, class="ok"> from class="ok"> April class="ok"> to class="ok"> June class="ok"> last class="ok"> year.
