Egypt's amb. to Canada attends 25th anniversary of Rwandan genocide

CAIRO - 9 April 2019: Egypt's Ambassador to Ottawa Ahmed Abu Zeid attended on Sunday a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of genocide in Rwanda, which left an estimated 800,000 people, mainly members of the Tutsi minority, dead.

"These events remind us all that such crimes against humanity should not be allowed to happen in our world," Abu Zeid said. He added, "We Africans stand united in the face of all forms of human suffering."

شاركت اليوم بمقر المتحف الحربى الكندى في إحياء الذكرى الخامسة والعشرين لجريمة الإبادة الجماعية ضد التوتسى في رواندا ....تلك المناسبات تذكرنا جميعاً بضرورة عدم السماح لمثل تلك الجرائم ضد الإنسانية أن تحدث في عالمنا @AlAhramGate @AlAhram @MfaEgypt @Extranewstv @ONliveEgypt pic.twitter.com/oChteUGRaS

— Ahmed Abu Zeid (@egyptincanada) April 7, 2019

Hutu extremists slaughtered the Tutsis after they blamed them for downing the plane of President Juvenal Habyarimana in April, 1994.

Several hundred people in Montreal attended a march in solidarity with the victims of the genocide, the city said, according to Ottawa Citizen. A wreath was laid in solidarity with the victims in the Old Port Area, according to the report.