The École Technique Officielle was a Salesian

Salesians of Don Bosco

The Salesians of Don Bosco is a Roman Catholic religious order founded in the late nineteenth century by Saint John Bosco in an attempt, through works of charity, to care for the young and poor children of the industrial revolution...

 secondary school in Kigali

Kigali

Kigali, population 965,398 , is the capital and largest city of Rwanda. It is situated near the geographic centre of the nation, and has been the economic, cultural, and transport hub of Rwanda since it became capital at independence in 1962. The main residence and offices of the President of...

, Rwanda

Rwanda

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. On April 11, 1994, during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Rwandan Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...

, over 2,500 Rwandans abandoned by the UN, in the school in which they set up base to supervise the peace between the Hutu

Hutu

The Hutu , or Abahutu, are a Central African people, living mainly in Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo.-Population statistics:The Hutu are the largest of the three peoples in Burundi and Rwanda; according to the United States Central Intelligence Agency, 84% of Rwandans and 85% of Burundians...

 and Tutsi

Tutsi

The Tutsi , or Abatutsi, are an ethnic group in Central Africa. Historically they were often referred to as the Watussi or Watusi. They are the second largest caste in Rwanda and Burundi, the other two being the Hutu and the Twa ....

, were murdered by extremist militias. This event is the subject of the movie Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs

Shooting Dogs, released in the United States as Beyond the Gates, is a 2005 film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones and starring John Hurt, Hugh Dancy and Claire-Hope Ashitey. It is based on the experiences of BBC news producer David Belton, who worked in Rwanda during the Rwandan Genocide...

 (also called Beyond the Gates

Beyond the Gates

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) by Michael Caton-Jones

Michael Caton-Jones

Michael Caton-Jones is the director of such films as Scandal, Rob Roy, Memphis Belle and The Jackal...

. The film illuminates the decisions and choices that were made to save whites hiding in the school thereby condemning the remaining Rwandans to death.

The UN are accused of abandoning the refugees

Despite the clear and persistent knowledge that the UN have had enough UN peace-keeping military personnel within the range of few hours of deployment to protect the refugees at the École Technique Officielle, the UN Security Council was unable to deliver the troops to the refugee site. Aftermath more than 2,500 were slaughtered. No investigation was probed even after the Belgian government demanded.

French troops who were behind a controversial evacuation of only 'white Westerners alleged that it compelled the order from the UN SC. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Kofi Annan

Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...

 did not comment when asked by Belgian and Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

n ambassadors to the UN about the inability to protect the civilian who were clearly taken a refugee at the École Technique Officielle school.

Vjekoslav "Vjeko" Ćurić

Vjekoslav Curic

Vjekoslav "Vjeko" Ćurić was a Bosnian Croat priest and humanitarian. He is one of the recognized martyrs of Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena...

, a Croatian

Croats

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 priest

Priest

A priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...

 and humanitarian, the only 'white' refused to be evacuated, and who has been later slaughtered, is recognized as one of the martyrs of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena. In Rwanda he is known as "Croatian Oskar Schindler" and a school in Kivuma is named after him.

The school has since been renamed École Technique de Kicukiro.

External links

• Le drame de l’ETO (French; origin: Sénat de Belgique)