Rwandan genocide
1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rwandan genocide happened in 1994. It started in April and lasted 100 days. During that time, about 800,000 people were murdered.
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Location | Rwanda |
Date | 7 April ā 15 July 1994 |
Target | Tutsi population and some non-extremist Hutus |
Attack type | Genocide, mass murder, genocidal rape |
Deaths | At least 800,000[1] |
Perpetrators | Hutu-led government, Interahamwe and Impuzamugambi militias |
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In a genocide, many or all people in a group are killed because of their ethnicity, colour, religion, or political opinions. In the Rwandan genocide, members of an ethnic group called the Tutsi (abatutsi) were killed because of their ethnicity. The killers were extremist members of another ethnic group called the Hutu (abahutu). The Hutu killers also killed other Hutus whose beliefs were not as extreme as theirs.