▁a ▁coup ▁d ' état . ▁The ▁reb els ▁were ▁angry ▁about ▁the ▁apparent ▁favour ing ▁of ▁eth nic ▁T ut si ▁minor ity ▁by ▁Bur und i ' s ▁mon archy ▁after ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁es cal ating ▁eth nic ▁t ension ▁following ▁national ▁independence ▁from ▁Belg ium ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁Although ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁was ▁shot ▁and ▁wounded , ▁the ▁coup ▁failed ▁and ▁soon ▁prov oked ▁a ▁back l ash ▁against ▁H ut u ▁in ▁which ▁thousands ▁of ▁people , ▁including ▁the ▁participants ▁in ▁the ▁coup , ▁were ▁killed . ▁The ▁coup ▁also ▁facil itated ▁a ▁milit ant ▁T ut si ▁back l ash ▁against ▁the ▁moder ate ▁T ut si ▁mon archy ▁resulting ▁in ▁two ▁further ▁cou ps ▁which ▁cul min ated ▁in ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁Bur und i ' s ▁historic ▁mon archy ▁in ▁November ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁and ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁Michel ▁Mic om bero ▁as ▁dict ator . ▁ ▁C oup ▁ ▁Background ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁the ▁Belg ian ▁mand ate ▁of ▁Ru anda - U rund i ▁received ▁independence , ▁creating ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁R w anda ▁and ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Bur und i . ▁Both ▁states ▁had ▁tradition ally ▁had ▁monarch ies ▁domin ated ▁by ▁the ▁T ut si ▁eth nic ▁group ▁over ▁a ▁H ut u ▁eth nic ▁majority ▁but ▁R w anda ' s ▁mon archy ▁was ▁abol ished ▁by ▁a ▁political ▁revolution ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 – 6