In 1994 there was a mass murder (genocide) of nearly 800,000 people in Rwanda. Over a time span of 100 days from the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6th to about mid july, over 800,000 people were killed. War broke out because of the death of the president. His plane was shot down out of the sky. The Rwandan Patriotic Front started accusing the Belgians for shooting the plane down. The Hutu's were in major majority over the Tutsi's. The Hutu's were trying to kill all of the Tutsi's. And the people who helped the Tutsi's were killed as well. Those people who helped the Tutsi's were known as Hutu Moderates. The Tutsi's were killed and slaughtered by people who were wielding machetes. Those who were defenseless had absolutely no chance against the Hutu's who were trying to kill them. The UN tried to help out as much as they could to save lives and fend off the killers. Unfortunately they couldn't save everyone.
Sources: http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm
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