The Rwanda Genoside

• Between April and June 1994, an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 days.
• Although the Tutsi constituted only about ten percent of Rwanda's population and the Hutu nearly 90 percent, the Tutsi  where in a leadership positions. This upset the Hutu.
• The genocide was sparked by the death of the Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, when his plane was shot down above Kigali airport on 6 April 1994.
• once the genocide was underway a great number of Hutu civilians took part in the murders.
• Although it has never been determined who was truly responsible for the assassination, Hutu extremists profited the most from Habyarimana's death. Within 24 hours after the crash, Hutu extremists had taken over the government, blamed the Tutsis for the assassination, and begun the slaughter.