The Lemera Hospital, where the massacre took place
Location
Lemera, Uvira Territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date
October 6, 1996
Attack type
Massacre, ethnic cleansing, arson
Deaths
37 Per UN Mapping Report
Victims
Furiiru people, FAZ soldiers and medical staffs
Perpetrators
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL)
The Lemera massacre (French: Massacre de Lemera), also known as the Lemera Attack (French: Attaque de Lemera) or Lemera Battle (French: Bataille de Lemera), which occurred on October 6, 1996, was a massacre perpetrated by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) at Lemera Hospital, a medical facility in the small town of Lemera, about 85 kilometers northwest of Uvira in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 37 individuals were killed, according to the United Nations Mapping Report.[1][2]
The attack is often recognized as "the first major crime" of the First Congo War.[3] The massacre left the hospital in ruins and caused widespread shock and outrage in the local and international community.[4][5][6] On October 6, 2022, Dr. Denis Mukwege appealed for the construction of "dignified" graves for the bodies discarded in mass graves to be exhumed and laid in a memorialized burial.[7][8]
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^Kalu, Chris (October 6, 2022). "Sud-Kivu – Massacre de Lemera: Denis Mukwege plaide pour la construction d'une sépulture " digne " en mémoire des victimes" [South Kivu – Lemera massacre: Denis Mukwege pleads for the construction of a "dignified" grave in memory of the victims]. www.mediacongo.net (in French). Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
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