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Mass grave discovered

Tuesday 20 September 1994 23:02 BST
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Kigali - UN workers have found 8,000 bodies in two mass graves in south-west Rwanda, a UN military spokesman, Major Jean Guy Plante, said yesterday. He said 6,000 bodies had been discovered in one grave at Gafunzo, a church about 15km (10 miles) from the south-west border town of Cyangugu. A further 2,000 bodies were found at an adjacent site, he added. Reuter

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