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The Itaba massacre was, according to Amnesty International, the "massacre of between 173 and 267 unarmed civilians, many of them women, children and the elderly, who were deliberately and unlawfully killed in the Commune of Itaba, Gitega Province, Burundi on 9 September 2002".[1] The killings were carried out by members of the armed forces of Burundi.[2]
The Burundian authorities blamed the deaths on cross fire between government forces and the National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD). Human rights groups[who?] have stated that civilians were deliberately targeted.[3]
In 2002, the European Union called for an independent inquiry into the killings after criticising the judicial proceedings of a military court which found two officers guilty of failing to obey orders. They were sentenced to four months in prison, and released, having already served that time since their arrest.[4]
^"Burundi: No justice for victims of the Itaba massacre". Amnesty International. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
^www.xaviermissionaries.org https://web.archive.org/web/20071116145439/http://www.xaviermissionaries.org/M_Life/NewsArchive/AfricaNews/Bur_ItabaShock.htm. Archived from the original on November 16, 2007. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^"Grand Slacs" (PDF). Grandslacs.net. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
^www.publicinternationallaw.org https://web.archive.org/web/20040825175926/http://www.publicinternationallaw.org/docs/PNW3/PNW.11March_03.htm. Archived from the original on August 25, 2004. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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