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Hutu
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Hu·tu  (ht)
n. pl. Hutu or Hu·tus
A member of a Bantu people inhabiting Rwanda and Burundi.
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Noun1.Hutu - a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi
Burundi, Republic of Burundi - a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika
Ruanda, Rwanda, Rwandese Republic - a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony
Bantu - a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa


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More than 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by the militias in a program orchestrated by the extremist Hutu regime then in power.
Catholic priest guilty of genocide by Catholic Insight
The Hutus killed 800,000 members of the Tutsi, the second tribe in Rwanda; the murders were carried out mostly by hand (in 1993 the government ordered enough machetes from China to distribute to every third Rwandan male).
Stassen. Deogratias by Galuschak, George / Kliatt
Her rosary became her lifeline to God, and she prayerfully dung to it whenever she heard angry Hutus searching the pastor's house with hopes of finding Tutsis to kill.
Left to Tell by Jackson-Hall, Anita / U.S. Catholic
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