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== Aftermath ==
=== Death toll ===
[[File:Africa addio (1966) - Rwandan revolution 1.png|thumb|right|Bloodied tree stump used by Hutu militias to cut off the hands of Tutsi. ]]
In its first reports on the killings, [[Radio Rwanda]], the state broadcaster, stated that 750 people had been killed{{sfn|Lemarchand|1970|p=224}}—350 Inyenzi during their attack and 400 civilians.{{sfn|Melvern|2000|p=18}} The Rwandan government later issued a [[white paper]] in March 1964 which listed 870 deaths. Lemarchand characterised these figures as "patently inaccurate"{{sfn|Lemarchand|1970|pp=224, 226}} and estimated that at least 10,000 Tutsis died in the reprisals.{{sfn|Lemarchand|1970|p=216}} The UN estimated 1,000–3,000 deaths,{{sfn|Melvern|2000|p=18}} while the [[World Council of Churches]] suggested that between 10,000–14,000 Tutsis were killed.{{sfn|Lemarchand|1970|p=216}} Estimates of the death toll of civilians in the repression reach as high as 20,000.{{sfn|Stapleton|2017|p=40}} Lemarchand argued that determining the precise number of casualties was "impossible".{{sfn|Lemarchand|1970|p=224}}
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