Rwandan Army
April 6, 1994 President Habyarimana's plane was shot down by a surface to air missile over Kigali airport. Less then 24 hours later roadblocks were set up around Kigali, the capital. The roadblocks were under the supervision of the Interahamew militia meaning "those whoe attack together". The genocide spread from Kigali to the counrtyside in a rapid amout of time. Churchs, schools, and stadiums were places that the government encouraged the Tutsis to go to. The governement made the Tutsis easier tagets with all of them in these spots. The churchs, schools, and stadiums became the grounds of mass grave sites when the Rwandan army and presidential guard were brought in to exterminate the Tutsis with machine guns. By April 21, two weeks from the start of the killings, about one quater of the Tutsi and moderate Hutu population was eliminated. At the end of April, about half the Tutsi population of Rwanda was gone.
Tutsi men were the main targets of the killings. Women were also killed, but mutilation and rape were the main acts toward women. Rape was very widespread with the women being indiviually raped, gang-raped and raped with objects such as gun barrels and sharpened sticks. Some women were immediately killed after they were raped. A Tutsi pattern for the killings were the women were raped after they saw their relatives and destruction of their homes. Some women were part of sexual slavery where they would be held with a militia group or singeled out by a militia man at checkpoints or other sites where they were held for personal sexual service.
On July 16 the genocide came to end. An estimated 750,00 Tutsi and 50,000 moderate Hutu were slaughtered.
Main suspects who were responsible for the genocide were a small group of Rwandan offcials.
Tutsi men were the main targets of the killings. Women were also killed, but mutilation and rape were the main acts toward women. Rape was very widespread with the women being indiviually raped, gang-raped and raped with objects such as gun barrels and sharpened sticks. Some women were immediately killed after they were raped. A Tutsi pattern for the killings were the women were raped after they saw their relatives and destruction of their homes. Some women were part of sexual slavery where they would be held with a militia group or singeled out by a militia man at checkpoints or other sites where they were held for personal sexual service.
On July 16 the genocide came to end. An estimated 750,00 Tutsi and 50,000 moderate Hutu were slaughtered.
Main suspects who were responsible for the genocide were a small group of Rwandan offcials.