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The Rwandan genocide begins when the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira is shot down.
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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)
Rwanda
Country in East Africa
Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
President (government title)
Title of the head of state in various governments
President is a common title for the head of state in most republics. Depending on the country, a president could be head of government, a ceremonial figurehead, or something between these two extremes.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Juvénal Habyarimana
President of Rwanda from 1973 to 1994
Juvénal Habyarimana was a Rwandan politician and military officer who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible".Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Burundi
Country in East Africa
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is located in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa, with a population of over 14 million people. It is bordered by Rwanda to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cyprien Ntaryamira
5th President of Burundi (1955–1994)
Cyprien Ntaryamira was a Burundian politician who served as President of Burundi from 5 February 1994 until his death two months later in the context of the Burundian Civil War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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)