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École Technique Officielle Official Technical School | |
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Rue de Kagarama Rwanda | |
Coordinates | 1°58′50″S 30°06′24″E / 1.98056°S 30.10667°E |
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Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Status | Closed |
Closed | April 11, 1994 |
Nickname | ETO |
Affiliation | Salesians of Don Bosco |
The École Technique Officielle was a Salesian secondary school in Kigali, Rwanda. On April 11, 1994, during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, over 2,000 Rwandans were murdered by extremist militia.[1]
This event is the subject of the movie Shooting Dogs (also called Beyond the Gates) by Michael Caton-Jones.
References
[edit]- ^ See the OAU report RWANDA - THE PREVENTABLE GENOCIDE. The Report Of The International Panel Of Eminent Personalities To Investigate The 1994 Genocide In Rwanda And The Surrounding Events, Sections 10.13 and 15.47 (online version, 908 KB Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, last accessed Feb 3, 2012).