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Graphic toont de tijdlijn van de genocide van 1994.
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Rwanda genocide remembered

April 7, 2014 - In 1994 doodden etnische Hutu-extremisten in honderd dagen rond 800.000 mensen in een poging de Rwandese Tutsi-minderheid, die lang het land domineerde, uit te roeien.

On April 6, 1994, President Juvenal Habyarimana, a Hutu, was killed when his plane was shot down over Kigali.

The folowing day, Hutu extremists in the military reacted to the death of Habyarimana by launching a killing spree that lasted 100 days.

The Tutsi militants of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), led by Rwanda’s current president, Paul Kagame, eventually defeated the Hutu troops, stopping the bloodletting.

Rwanda, which has accused France of complicity in the genocide has invited President Emmanuel Macron to the 25th commemoration. Paris has consistently denied any involvement in the massacre.

In December 2018, French judges dropped a long-running investigation into the killing of former President Habyarimana. The probe represented a major source of tension between the two countries after seven people close to President Paul Kagame were charged in the French investigation.

If events follow the pattern of previous key anniversaries, a flame of remembrance will be carried around the central African country’s towns and villages. Wreath-laying ceremonies will be held at memorial sites and also at Kigali’s soccer stadium in the presence of foreign dignitaries.

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PUBLISHED: 21/03/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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