Rwanda "Overview of 1994 Rwandan Genocide" (Hotel Rwanda) April 6th, 1994 was the first day of a genocide in Rwanda that would last for one hundred days, and kill up to 800,000 people. The Tutsis were killed by the Hutu militia. Approximatley 10,000 people died in extremely violent ways each day using clubs, machetes, and various items such as garden tools. Rwandan president Habyalimana and Burundi's president cyprien Ntaryamila held several meetings with Tutsi rebels prior to the violence that was on the verge of breaking out. While returning from a meeting in Tanzania, a small jet carrying the two preidents was shot down by missles as it approached Rwanda. Their deaths triggered political violence from Hutu extremists who were targeting people on a death list including Tutsi leaders. The violence spread throughout the country and
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