1. After massacres last spring in which hundreds of thousands of Tutsi were killed by Hutu, a number of reprisal killings have taken place. 2. Alliance officers say they have warned their men not to carry out reprisal killings if they gain ground. 3. But if the Americans left, Amerine feared the townspeople in Tirin Kot would be slaughtered in a round of reprisal killings by the Taliban. 4. Entering Stanleyville after the government had regained control, Lukas discovered that its troops were responsible for reprisal killings, a story that he broke. 5. He was impressed that the new government did not condone reprisal killings as it fought its way to power. 6. Some people say Burundians are growing so weary of war that reprisal killings were kept to a minimum after the rebel attacks this summer. 7. The army, in turn, carried out massive reprisal killings. 8. There have been no reports of reprisal killings. 9. The worst of the reprisal killings of Lendu were in the Muzibela neighborhood of Bunia, where people from both groups lived before the attacks. 10. These cats have lost sources of food and have resorted to killing livestock, resulting in reprisal killings. |