 Another seven years of sporadic violence in Burundi (from 1965–1972) existed between the Hutus and Tutsis.In 1969 another purge of Hutus by the Tutsi military occurred.Then, a localized Hutu uprising in 1972 was fiercely answered by the Tutsi-dominated Burundi army in the largest Burundi genocide of Hutus, with a death toll nearing 200,000.