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The aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down in Kigali; the event became the catalyst for the Rwandan genocide.
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President of Rwanda from 1973 to 1994
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Cyprien Ntaryamira
5th President of Burundi (1955–1994)
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Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira
1994 aircraft shootdown in Kigali, Rwanda
On the evening of 6 April 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles as their jet prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda; both were killed. The assassination set…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kigali
Capital and the largest city of Rwanda
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Rwandan genocide
1994 mass murder in Rwanda
The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred from 7 April to 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. Over a span of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were systematically killed by Hutu…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)