“My brother disappeared near here”, whispered a somber voice. A shiver ran down your spine, didn’t it? We are standing in Giti, a commune that witnessed a horrifying chapter during the Rwandan genocide. Giti, tragically, became a central point for the Rwandan Patriotic Front’s (RPF) brutal campaign against the Hutus. Imagine, in April 1994, DMI mobile units, the RPF’s intelligence arm, descended upon Giti. They rounded up Hutu civilians, men, women, and even children, and mercilessly killed them. A chilling detail, a network of “civil intelligence services” was created at the behest of RPF leaders. These operatives, working closely with the DMI, gathered intelligence within the civilian population, effectively turning neighbor against neighbor. Giti, a place where no genocide against Tutsis had occurred, became a grim symbol of the RPF’s hidden atrocities. The killings became so systematic that the RPF ran out of space to bury the dead in Giti. The victims were transported to Gabiro, the RPF’s training ground, where they met a horrific end. Giti, a quiet commune, holds the weight of unspeakable horrors. It serves as a stark reminder of the complexities of the Rwandan genocide, a period where darkness consumed the nation and left an indelible scar on its soul.
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