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Today in History: April 7, Rwandan genocide begins
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Today in History: April 7, Rwandan genocide begins

Also on this date, the Census Bureau reported that Los Angeles had overtaken Chicago as the nation’s “second city” in terms of population.

refugees from Rwanda walk on a dirt road as a soldier looks on
Refugees from Rwanda who have been forced to flee their homes by 12 days of ethnic carbage, are checked on April 19, 1994 at Gasenyi border, about 230kms (144 miles) northwest of Bujumbura, before being sent to a refugee camp. More than 30,000 refugees have reportedly arrived in this country since 06 April. On April 6, 1994, the death of the Presidents of Burundi and Rwanda in a plane crash caused by a rocket attack, triggered several weeks of systematic and large-scale massacres targeting the Tutsi population and moderate Hutus. The number of murdered victims of the Rwandan genocide is about 800,000. Between 150,000 and 250,000 women were also raped. (Photo by Pascal GUYOT / AFP) (Photo by PASCAL GUYOT/AFP via Getty Images)
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Hutu extremists slaughtered hundreds of thousands of minority Tutsi and Hutu moderates.

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