Far from corresponding to a sudden explosion of anger, the massacres of the Tutsi are organized.
Essential link in the extermination process, roadblocks – referred to as barriers – constitute a formidable spatial mesh in the grip of the Tutsi population.
As of 7 April 1994, his barriers have climbed to all strategic crossroads, in all the neighborhoods of Kigali where the massacres are beginning. With the rise of massacres, the barriers are deployed throughout the country’s road network. Managed mainly by civilians, the barriers the most important, those placed at strategic crossroads, are handled by Hutu militiamen and directly supervised by the prefectural and communal authorities for the supply of ammunition. In the process of barriers, identity cards showing the ethnic distinction [Hutu] [Tutsi] are checked. The Tutsis are killed immediately on site.
