Former Hutu soldier talks about the Rwanda genocide 30 years ago
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Gahanga, Kigli, Rwanda - 04 April 2024
1.Wide of Gahanga Village
2. Various of Patrick Hakizimana, a former soldier convicted of taking part in genocide against the Tutsi, constructing a floor in a room at his house
3. Patrick throwing bricks to the floor
4. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“The genocide was prepared for a long time, so to heal the people who survived the genocide will also take a long time. There are people who still have hatred against Tutsi. That’s why I told you that the government must continue to teach how the people can leave that hatred. Then slowly by slowly as people age, healing will be achieved and the hatred let go. We will solve this problem.”
5. Various of Patrick showing photos of himself as a soldier
6. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“I was a Corporal in the Rwandan Army. When I handed myself over and was arrested, I was charged with being a traitor. Because the people who I was supposed to protect as an army man, I killed them. Then I was also charged with perpetrating a genocide.”
7. Wide of Hakizimana standing during interview
8. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“I had to flee to Congo because I was a soldier and we had been defeated. When I arrived in Congo and linked up with the others, I continued to be radicalized and taught about the hatred. Eventually I felt this was not right and I decided to come back and handed myself over to the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front).”
9. Hakizimana's tools on the floor
10. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“For me as a parent, because I know how painful it feels to be an outcast and disrespected for what I did, I always tell my children to attend reconciliation clubs. Because they are young and can have bright futures, and being able to have a bright future will entail them having good relations with people. It also entails being respectful to everyone and with these they can achieve anything.”
11. House
12. Hakizimana at work
STORYLINE:
In the semi-rural area of Gahanga just outside Kigali, Patrick Hakizimana, a Hutu peasant, is pounding bricks as he looks to construct a new floor in one of his rooms.
Patrick was jailed from 1996 to 2007 for his role in the genocide as an army corporal.
Since his release, he has become an integral part in his community.
Hakizimana said while he learned his lesson, there were Hutus who remained hateful.
"The genocide was prepared for a long time, and [so] to cure the people who made the genocide will also take a long time,” he said.
“There are people who still have hatred against Tutsi. That’s why I told you that the government must continue to teach … how the people can leave that hatred.”
He cited young people such as his children as a ray of hope in Rwanda's struggle to achieve ethnic harmony.
Hakizimana's children listened and sometimes giggled as their father narrated his journey from a convicted ex-soldier to a farmer now trying to win the respect of others in his neighborhood.
AP video by Jackson Njehia
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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gahanga, Kigli, Rwanda - 04 April 2024
1.Wide of Gahanga Village
2. Various of Patrick Hakizimana, a former soldier convicted of taking part in genocide against the Tutsi, constructing a floor in a room at his house
3. Patrick throwing bricks to the floor
4. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“The genocide was prepared for a long time, so to heal the people who survived the genocide will also take a long time. There are people who still have hatred against Tutsi. That’s why I told you that the government must continue to teach how the people can leave that hatred. Then slowly by slowly as people age, healing will be achieved and the hatred let go. We will solve this problem.”
5. Various of Patrick showing photos of himself as a soldier
6. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“I was a Corporal in the Rwandan Army. When I handed myself over and was arrested, I was charged with being a traitor. Because the people who I was supposed to protect as an army man, I killed them. Then I was also charged with perpetrating a genocide.”
7. Wide of Hakizimana standing during interview
8. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“I had to flee to Congo because I was a soldier and we had been defeated. When I arrived in Congo and linked up with the others, I continued to be radicalized and taught about the hatred. Eventually I felt this was not right and I decided to come back and handed myself over to the RPF (Rwandan Patriotic Front).”
9. Hakizimana's tools on the floor
10. SOUNDBITE (Kinyarwanda) Patrick Hakizimana, Former Soldier:
“For me as a parent, because I know how painful it feels to be an outcast and disrespected for what I did, I always tell my children to attend reconciliation clubs. Because they are young and can have bright futures, and being able to have a bright future will entail them having good relations with people. It also entails being respectful to everyone and with these they can achieve anything.”
11. House
12. Hakizimana at work
STORYLINE:
In the semi-rural area of Gahanga just outside Kigali, Patrick Hakizimana, a Hutu peasant, is pounding bricks as he looks to construct a new floor in one of his rooms.
Patrick was jailed from 1996 to 2007 for his role in the genocide as an army corporal.
Since his release, he has become an integral part in his community.
Hakizimana said while he learned his lesson, there were Hutus who remained hateful.
"The genocide was prepared for a long time, and [so] to cure the people who made the genocide will also take a long time,” he said.
“There are people who still have hatred against Tutsi. That’s why I told you that the government must continue to teach … how the people can leave that hatred.”
He cited young people such as his children as a ray of hope in Rwanda's struggle to achieve ethnic harmony.
Hakizimana's children listened and sometimes giggled as their father narrated his journey from a convicted ex-soldier to a farmer now trying to win the respect of others in his neighborhood.
AP video by Jackson Njehia
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#Hutu #soldier #rwanda #genocide
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