Why were people fighting in the genocide of Rwanda?

Answer 1

before the genocide, the Hutu's and the Tutsi's lived together and even married each other, however, there had always been disagreements between the two tribes. traditionally, the Tutsi's ruled the country, but the Hutu's didn't really like the idea as the Tutsi's were only ruling the country because they were the much bigger tribe. the killing was sparked by the death of the Rwandan president, a Hutu. his plane was shot down on April 6 1994, and the Hut's assumed that it was the Tutsi's who killed him, therefore, it sparked the genocide, but to this day, no one is sure who shot down the plane.

Answer 2

It was simply a war between two tribes (actually, it was Hutus who were killing Tutsi as well moderate Hutus) who have wrangled over power for decades, it actually started after president Habyarimana was killed when his plane was shot down near Kigali airport.