3. Who participated in the genocide and how does this vary across the 100 days and across the country?

This pie chart displays the distribution of perpetrators during the period of genocide, by profession. From this, one could assess the relative amount of participation between military personnel and students reported in our database. Click for a more detailed look at perpetrator activity disaggregated: by time or by geographic region.

Overall Summary: According to this chart, the Interahamwe (militia) and Government Officials make up the largest proportion of participants. Two other professions with comparable participation levels include Soldiers (18.73%) and individuals from the Middle Class (14.6%). Several other categories represent less than ten percent participation each: the Gendarme, Working Class, Everyday Individuals and Religious Leaders. Finally, the profession that engaged in the least amount of activity were students.

Perpetrator description: