apr 7, 1994 - Rwandan Genocide starts
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After just a mere 100 days, the mass murder of 800 000 people occured in Rwanda after the assassination of former Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana in April. Hutus conducted mass killings of neighbouring Tutsis and pro-peace Hutus. Hutu extremists walked through the streets, into houses and stores mercilessly slaughtering Tutsis with machetes.
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20th century genocides
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