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the president was killed because his plane was shot on 6 April 1994 and he was a Hutu.
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∙ 12y agoIn 1994, Hutu president Juvénal Habyarimana's plane was shot down, by whom is still unknown.(He died.) Hutu leaders blamed it on the Tutsi, a rival ethnic group, and began the genocide.
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What directly resulted from the death of Rwanda's president Habyarimana?
The assassination of Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana in 1994 caused massive conflict between the Tutsi and Hutu ethnic groups. This conflict became the Rwandan genocide, which killed up to a million people in just 100 days.
Rwandan genocide cost?
thousands killed
What happen during Rwandan genocide?
During the Rwandan Genocide, over 900,00 tutsis were killed by the hutus with machetes.
When was the Rwandan Patriotic Font established?
The Rwandan Patriotic Front is a political party that was created in 1987. As of October 2014, Paul Kagame is the President of the party, as well as the President of the country.
What derectly resulted from the death of President Habarimana?
The Rwandan genocide.
Why did UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and US President Bill Clinton apologize to the Rwandan people?
Because not enough was done to stop the Rwandan genocide.
What are the events from 1994?
The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Javenal Habyariman.
How many people where killed a day during the rwandan genocide?
In 100 days ,an estimated 800,000 people were killed in the Rwanda genocide.
Were any hutus killed in the rwandan genocide?
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.
Why did the Rwandan Genocide last so long?
Because the rwandans and the tutsis and hutus killed each other.
What was the name of the Hutu president during the Rwandan genocide?
Jevunal Habyarimana, a Hutu, was president that been killed in the plane crash. Few hours after his death, the civil war or Rwanda genocide started. During the genocide, there was not any president. The country was in deep civil war. Later after the situation calmed down and elections was held, Paul Kagame, a Tutsi, became the president.
What was the name of the president when the Rwandan genocide happened?
Juvenal Habyarimna was the president his plane waas shot down by attackers and then the genocide started run by RPF.
