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April - July 1994
Ethnic tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi populations in Rwanda escalate into genocide -
April
Assassination of Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana triggers widespread violence -
Next 100 days
Hutu extremists launch systematic massacres and killings of Tutsis and moderate Hutus over the next 100 days -
July
Genocide comes to an end, approximately 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus are killed in a span of 100 days