In 1994 , at the time of the Rwandan genocide the Tutsi population was concentrated in northern and eastern areas ; according to local population statistics , there were almost no Tutsi living in western Gikongoro . In 1990 , 17.5 % of the population in Gikongoro was Tutsi . Tutsi were unevenly distributed throughout the province ; 43 % of Tutsi lived in Mubuga , with smaller percentages in Nyamagabe and Muko . There were five sectors with a Tutsi-majority population . The pre-genocide figure of 17.5 % may be low due to missing data from Rwamiko . Rwamiko bordered Butare province — according to the 1991 census Butare province was 17.3 % . Tutsi , more than any other province . Many of the sectors around Rwamiko were at least 40 % Tutsi . There is a discrepancy between the 1990 local population data and 1991 population census . The 1991 census reported that only 12.8 % of Gikongoro residents were Tutsi . According to Marijke Verpoorten , a researcher at Universiteit Antwerpen , the 1991 census under-reported Tutsi population figures . The Rwandan government stopped reporting ethnic demographic data after the genocide . According to some estimates , Tutsi men in Gikongoro had only a 25 % chance of surviving the genocide . Other estimates have placed the odds even lower , around 10.7 % . The genocide was more severe in areas where Tutsi had been persuaded to gather like Kibeho and Kaduha ; these parishes were announced as safe locations for Tutsi to gather , but ended up being locations of large scale massacres . The violence was particularly intense in Mubugu and Rukondo . There was very little opposition to the genocide amongst local leadership ; those who did object , in areas like Musebeya , Kivu and Kinyamakara , were unable to make a significant difference in the overall progress of the genocide and eventually lost their influence to political rivals who took advantage of the situation . Human Rights Watch ( HRW ) has identified Gikongoro as the location of some of the " earliest attacks " and " worst massacres " of the Rwandan genocide . The violence spread from Gikongoro to nearby areas , spreading outward from Kigali until it reached Gitarama Province
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Gikongoro Province