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Juvenal Habyarimana is killed in a plane crash.
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The Hutu tribe begins killing other ethnic groups.
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Hundreds are Tutsis are killed in a massacre at the Pallottine Missionary Catholic Church. It is clear that the main target are Tutsis and a genocide is begun.
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Thousands of Tutsi are killed at the Nyarubuye Catholic Church from grenades and guns.
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12,000 Tutsis are killed while sheltered at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi. Another 50,000 are killed in Bisesero.
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Nearly 250,000 Tutsi flee to neighboring Tanzia.
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The Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of the presidential palace.
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The Rwandan Genocide ends when the Rwandan Patriotic Front takes control of Rwanda.
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The French establish a safe zone for Rwanda.
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Approximately one million Hutu flee to Zaire (now the Congo).