The genocide took place in the context of the Rwandan Civil War, an ongoing conflict beginning in 1990 between the Hutu-led government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), which was largely composed of Tutsi refugees whose families had fled to Uganda following earlier waves of Hutu violence against the Tutsi. Most of the dead were Tutsis and most of those who perpetrated the violence were Hutus. The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994.
President Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed in a plane crash near Kigali in April 1994. While the perpetrators of this act have never been identified, many observers believe that Hutu extremists, angered by Habyrimana's negotiation with the RPF, committed the act. The Hutus' chauvinist solution to claims for land and power by Rwanda's Tutsi minority, which constituted approximately 15 percent of the population, was to pursue the complete elimination of the Tutsi people. The ensuing genocide was well plotted, with piles of imported machetes distributed and death lists broadcast by radio. Ref:http://www.freedomhouse.org/inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?country=6819&pf
Hutu Extremists of Rwanda assassinated President Juvénal Habyarimana on April 6, 1994 when he was traveling in an airplane.
The Hutu's President was murdered and the Hutu's blamed his death on the Tutsi's.
they attacked him at night
800, 000
During the genocide, people were mostly killed by machetes, but guns were also used.
In 100 days ,an estimated 800,000 people were killed in the Rwanda genocide.
The genocide in Rwanda recently occurred in 1994 and about 500000 people were killed.
Rwanda
Rwanda is in Africa but Armenia is is Eurasia Genocide happened in both countries , o.5 million were killed in Rwanda but 1.5 million were killed in Armenia.
Mostly Tutsis, but a lot of Hutus were also killed.
The Hutus
they found them on the ground and liked them so they tried to use them and they found that they killed people well
There were about 800 000 people killed, it would be near impossible to put everyone's name down here.
Yes, millions of people have died in Rwanda.
It is estimated that 800 000 people were killed during the genocide, although some estimates put the number at 1 million.