April 6, 1994 · Kigali Theater
April 6, 1994
On April 6, 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira was shot down as it approached Kigali. Everyone aboard was killed. The perpetrators remain unresolved. Within hours, prepared government and militia networks began assassinating political opponents and killing Tutsi civilians.
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