THE GENOCIDE ATTACKS United Nations In Rwanda “When the killing began, it seemed sudden and spontaneous. Only later did the world at large become aware of the extensive planning and preparation that took place in advance of the genocide.” http://www.usip.org/training/online/ analysis/3_3_1.php
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THE GENOCIDE ATTACKS
United Nations In Rwanda
“When the killing began, it seemed sudden and spontaneous. Only later did the world at large become aware of the extensive planning and preparation that took place in advance of the genocide.”
• “the Tutsi minority was considered the aristocracy of Rwanda and dominated Hutu peasants for decades, especially while Rwanda was under Belgian colonial rule.”
“In April 1994, the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were both killed when their plane was shot down with a surface-to-air missile as it approached the airport in Kigali.”
“In response, the Presidential Guard in Kigali, the Rwandan Army and the Interahamwe militias began systematic and unrelenting attacks on Tutsi civilians.”
• “The killings only ended after armed Tutsi rebels, invading from neighboring countries, managed to defeat the Hutus and halt the genocide in July 1994.”
“convicted of instigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide and sentenced to life in prison.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7789039.stm
Former Rwandan army colonel Theoneste Bagosora (right) arrives in court along with his co-defendant Lt. Col. Anatole Nsengiyumva before the handing down of the verdict on charges of genocide. Rwanda expressed satisfaction after the UN-backed war crimes court sentenced Bagosora to life in prison for genocide. (AFP/Tony Karumba)