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Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana is killed when his plane is shot out of the sky. This is the official beginning of the Rwandan Genocide.
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Hutu begin to kill political opponents including the prime minister.
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Tutsis are killed at a missionary church. Tutsis were the only ones being targeted so it shows that there is a genocide is appearing.
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12,000 Tutsis killed after sheltering in a stadium. An estimated 50,000 more killed who were mostly in hospitals and churches.
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An estimated 250,000 mostly Tutsis flee to Tanzania
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The Rwandan Patriotic Front(RPF) take control of the presidential palace
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The French create a safe zone in the southwest of Rwanda.
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Approximately 1 million Hutu flee to the Congo
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The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control ending the 100 of slaughtering in Rwanda.
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