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President Habyarimana is killed when his plane is shot out of the sky, marking the start of the genocide.
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Hutu extremists begin massacring political opponents, including prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana.
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About 110 Tutsis are killed in the Pallottine mission church at Gikondo, Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda. This is the first large-scale Tutsi massacre of the genocide.
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Around 2,000 Tutsis are massacred at the Nyarubuye Roman Catholic Church with rifles, grenades, and machetes.
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Tutsis are slaughtered en masse in the city of Kibuye. Notably, around 12,000 are murdered at the Gatwaro stadium and another 50,000 at Bisesero. Death looms over the city.
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Around 250,000 Tutsi refugees begin to flee to Tanzania to escape the genocide.
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The Rwandan Patriotic front makes steady gain southwards and captures the Presidential Palace, stopping killings along the way.
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The Rwandan genocide finally ends when the Rwandan Patriotic Front fully takes control of Rwanda. 800,000 Rwandans lay dead.
