On the evening of 6 April 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles as their jet prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda; both were killed. The assassination set in motion the Rwandan genocide, one of the bloodiest events of the late 20th century.
A Dassault Falcon 50 similar to the one involved in the assassination
Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana in 1980
Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira in 1993
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The Rwandan Patriotic Front is the ruling political party in Rwanda.
Statue of Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) soldiers during Stopping of 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in Rwanda
President Paul kagame at Community work (Umuganda) in 2016
Rwanda campaigning for unity and reconciliation