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Radio Télévison des Milles Collines begins spreading hate messages.
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Rwandan Genocide
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The Arusha Accords are agreed upon, opening government positions to both Hutu and Tutsi.
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The French establish a safe zone in the southwest corner of Rwanda.
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Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana is assassinated when his plane is hit by a grenade laucher.
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Hutu extremists start murdering their political opponents.
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Massacre at Gikondo
Hundreds of Tutsis are killed in the Pallottine Missionary Catholic Church, considered the first clear sign of the genocide as only Tutsis were targeted. -
Massacre at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church
Thousands of Tutsi are killed, first by grenades and guns and then by machetes and clubs. -
The Kibuye Massacres
An estimated 12,000 Tutsis are killed after sheltering at the Gatwaro stadium in Gitesi, 50,000 are killed in the hills of Bisesero. -
250,000 people, mostly Tutsi, flee to Tanzania
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Approximately one million people begin to flee to Zaire
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The Rwanda Genocide ends when the RPF gains control of the country.