I couldn't imagine not having the right to bury a relative because of the fear that I would be attacked or even killed. I know personally that when my granddaddy died I felt very sad. How would I have felt if I was denied the right to bury him? I ask you, what if you were denied the right to bury a loved one? What would you do and how would you feel? These are just some of the questions that happened to escape my mind on reviewing this topic. If you think not being able to bury the dead is sad, then you have another thing coming. .
As the massacre persisted, violence not only took place in churches but also involved the killing of priest, women, children and babies. The church has always been considered a safe haven for anyone to come and congregate, but what happens when a small country like Rwanda is at war with itself. Unfortunately, according to Nyberg and Mori, the writers of Bloodletting Sweeps Rwanda, congregating at a church may not be the best idea for anyone who was in Rwanda (Nyberg and Mori np). Nyberg and Mori reports that "According to a Rwandan Jesuit priest who identified himself as Father Emmanuel, the Presidential Guard stormed the Jesuit House in Kigali, rounding up and killing all Tutsis found in the compound- (Nyberg and Mori np). This is very heart wrenching to hear that these victims who were at a priests home were murdered. Nyberg and Mori go on to comment; "Speaking in Nairobi, a shaken Emmanuel describe how one priest was asked three times if he was a Hutu or Tutsi. The priest repeatedly responded that he was a Christian, but even he, very visibly a Hutu, was not spared'- (Nyberg and Mori np). This vicious act of killing an unarmed priest clearly shows me that no place was safe for anyone, no matter you're religion. Everyone would have thought that churches would not be touched, but not in Rwanda. DeSouze explains that in one of the sanctuaries, in Rwanda, groups of Hutus marched in and killed innocent "women and children to death- (DeSouze np).