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Am 17.04.1975 übernahm die kommunistische Partei „Khmer Rouge“ (die Roten Khmer) die Macht in Kambodscha und entwickelte einen starken Hass gegenüber den sogenannten Feinden des Volkes. Sie zielten besonders auf Reiche, das Kleinbürgertum, Experten (besonders ausländische), Gelehrte, Intellektuelle und alle, die mit den USA zusammenarbeiteten, ab.
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In retaliation, all moderate Hutu were killed the next morning, and violence spread like wildfire. The paramilitary organisation Interahamwe built road blocks in Kigali, the presidential guard blocked Belgian UN troops at the airport, peacekeepers were surrounded, disarmed, prevented from continuing on their journeys and shot. Roughly 200,000 civilians joined in the killing – whether due to fear or hatred – using simple weapons like machetes, clubs and picks, and occasionally even rifles. Nobody was safe. In some cases, the Hutu even killed their own Tutsi wives, relatives or children.
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