Definition of "interahamwe" [interahamwe]

• A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Young militiamen loyal to the ruling party, known as interahamwe, attacked with machetes."
• "Three times in the past year Hutu militiamen, known as interahamwe, broke into his home in Kigali, beat him and threatened to kill him, he told me."
• "It accepted in June to try suspect-at-large Fulgence Kayishema, a former police inspector accused of aiding militias known as interahamwe during the genocide, on grounds that he get a fair trial and that the death penalty not be applied."