Timeline: Rwandan Genocide

A timeline of the events leading up to - and after - the Rwandan genocide. At least 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, were murdered in the slaughter that started on April 7, 1994.

The skulls of victims killed during the Rwandan genocide, laid out in the Nyamata Church, Rwanda. (AFP)

The skulls of victims killed during the Rwandan genocide, laid out in the Nyamata Church, Rwanda. (AFP)

The  has created a timeline of the events leading up to - and after - the Rwandan genocide.

Twenty years ago, it is said that one person died every 10 seconds over a period of 100 days as genocidal government troops joined by armed militia swept through the country.

In all, at least 800,000 people, mostly ethnic Tutsis, were murdered in the slaughter that started on April 7, 1994. Countless others were raped or maimed, and trauma is said to affect a third of the population.

 







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Published 3 April 2014 4:44pm
Updated 8 April 2014 1:17pm

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