Buta, Burundi

Buta is a small town in the Commune of Bururi in Bururi Province in southern Burundi. It is located 106 km by road southeast of Bujumbura and 11.3 km by R.N.16 and R.N.17 southeast of Bururi.[1] A ten-minute drive from Bururi. Kruger writes wrongly that Buta is an important garrison town.[2] During the civil war, there were a few kids in national service who were stationed there, to offer some protection to the seminary. On April 30, 1997, 44[3] Hutu and Tutsi seminarians were slaughtered at the minor seminary in Buta, most of whom were "Catholics of African origin: 8 from Rwanda, 6 from Congo, and 1 from Nigeria as well as the 4 from Burundi."[4].[5]

Buta
Town
Buta
Location in Burundi
Coordinates: 3°57′20″S 29°42′20″E
Country Burundi
ProvinceBururi Province
CommuneCommune of Bururi
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

References
  1. Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  2. Krueger, Robert; Krueger, Kathleen Tobin (1 October 2007). From Bloodshed to Hope in Burundi: Our Embassy Years During Genocide. University of Texas Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-0-292-71486-1. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  3. The Tablet. Tablet Pub. Co. 2000. p. 649. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  4. The Catholic world report. Ignatius Press. 1998. p. 8. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  5. War cry of the Salvation Army. Salvation Army. 1997. p. 321. Retrieved 21 April 2012.


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