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Today in History: April 7, Rwandan genocide begins

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Hutu extremists slaughtered hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates.
Today is Monday, April 7, the 97th day of 2025. There are 268 days left in the year.
On April 7, 1994, a day after the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi died in a missile attack on their aircraft, the moderate Hutu prime minister of Rwanda, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, and her husband were killed by Rwandan soldiers; in the 100 days that followed, Hutu extremists slaughtered hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates.
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