the murder on 10 belgian commandos in Kigali on 1994/04/07

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List of Belgians honoured
Military personnel:
- Lieutenant Thierry Lotin, born in Charleroi on 28 December 1964

- First Sergeant Yannick Leroy, born in Mehaigne on 15 February 1965

- Corporal Stéphane Lhoir, born in Blankenberge on 5 April 1966

- Corporal Bruno Bassine, born in Watermael on 31 December 1966

- Corporal Louis Plescia, born in Seraing on 24 July 1961

- Corporal Bruno Meaux, born in Tournai on 23 November 1965

- Corporal Marc Uyttebroeck, born in Gosselies on 2 May 1968

- Corporal Christophe Dupont, born in Soignies on 30 September 1968

- Corporal Alain Debatty, born in Charleroi on 18 November 1964

- Corporal Christophe Renwa, born in Liège on 17 August 1967

Civilians:
- Etienne Staelgrave, born on 8 October 1963 in Tournai and killed on 7 April 1994 in Kigali by members of the presidential guard "because he was Belgian."

- Paul Van Vynckt, born on 20 February 1945 in Charleroi and killed in July 1994. His body was shot through the head. He was seen on 11 July 1994 by a Rwandan woman in a ditch at Rushashi on a secondary road west of the main Kigali-Ruhengeri road. He is believed to have been killed during fighting between the Hutu-dominated Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR) and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF, the Tutsi rebellion that took power in Kigali at the time).

- Albert Craemers, born on November 20, 1937 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and killed on April 7, 1994 in Nyamirambo (Kigali) by FAR soldiers "because he was Belgian" (after checking his passport)

- Paul Kesenne, born February 25, 1936 in Corswarem. This missionary priest, vicar priest of Rususa, was killed on 15 July 1994 in Gisenyi.

- Annie Roland, born on 10 June 1938 in Biesmerée, wife of Rwandan Jean Huss Mugwaneza. She was killed with her husband on 7 April 1994 in Kicukiro (Kigali).

- Claire Beckers, born on 22 February 1948 in Brussels and wife of Rwandan Isaïe Bucyana, killed in Kigali in early April with her husband and a daughter "because she was Belgian," according to her sister Martine.

- Katia Bucyana, born on 12 January 1974 in Brussels. Daughter of Claire Beckers, she was killed in Kigali in early April with her parents.

- Antoine Godfriaux, born on 24 July 1962 in Mons. A development worker with the Mons-based NGO Nord-Sud Coopération, he was shot dead by Hutu Interahamwe militias on 7 April 1994 in Rambura, Karago commune (Gisenyi).

- Christine André, born on 21 July 1966 in Mons. She was Antoine Godfriaux's wife and died in the same circumstances as her husband.

- Olivier Dulieu, born on 4 December 1970 in Ixelles. Working for the same NGO, he died in the same circumstances as his two colleagues

Civilians who died of "natural causes"
- Father Gigi Michel, born on 7 April 1940 and died on 6 July 1994 in Nyababanda of illness/lack of care (probably pneumonia).

- Hélène Lévêque, born on 14 April 1925 in Jemappes and died on 27 June 1994 in Kigali from lack of care/privation.

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