The Rwandan genocide took place over a period of 100 days, from April 6th, 1994 to July 16th, 1994. The two ethnic groups, the Hutus and the Tutsis were involved in the mass genocide. The Hutu extremists attempted to carry out their plan to wipe out the entire Tutsi population. The catalyst to the violence and murders over the 100 day period was the shooting down of an airplane on April 6th of the President Habyarimana, a Hutu. Prior to the plane being shot down there had been an ongoing conflict between the Hutu government and the Rwandan Patriotic Front, called the Rwandan Civil War, which began in 1990.
