Genocide In Rwanda
By Jessica Bowder
What is it?
- 100 days of murder
- mass slaughter of people of Rwanda
- 800,000-1,000,000 were killed by the Hutu
Why did the Hutu militias want to kill the Tutsis?
- 85% of Rwandans are Hutus
- The Tutsi minority dominated the country
- Hutus overthrew Tutsi monarchy in 1959
- Tutsi exiles formed a rebel group (RPF)
- 1994 plane shot down
- Everyone on board died
- Hutu extremists blamed the RPF
- Hutu started campaign of slaughter against Tutsis
How was the genocide carried out?
- Very detailed planned mass murder
- Hutu militias were given list of who to kill
- Neighbors killed each other
- Husbands killed wives
- Militias set up roadblocks and slaughtered Tutsis
- Machetes were often used
- Women were taken and kept as sex slaves
How the World reacted
- UN and Belgium had forces in Rwanda
- UN mission had no order to stop the killing
- The US was determined to not be involved
- The French sent a force to set up a safe zone
Americans Viewpoints
- Horror
- Felt sick
- Wanted to help
- Compared to Nazi Holocaust