In the spring of 1994 Rwanda President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane exploded from a missile attack, killing everyone on board. Hours later the country plummeted into mayhem. Machetes, hand grenades, farming tools, bulldozers and fire became weapons in the hands of the Hutu militia, government soldiers and Rwandan citizens. The target — the Tutsi ethnic group, who were suspected of orchestrating…
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