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The Rwandan Genocide

The Rwandan Genocide

The mass killing of minority ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda began on 7 April,1994

Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service

April 7, 20149m 8s

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The mass killing of minority ethnic Tutsis in Rwanda began on 7 April 1994. Early that morning, the Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana and her family, sought shelter with neighbours. Hear from the prime minister's daughter, Marie-Christine Umuhoza, and from one of those neighbours - a UN aid worker.

(Photo: Refugees flee the killing in Kigali. Credit: Associated Press)