What happened in 1994?
Q: What happened in 1994?
A: The Rwandan genocide happened in 1994.
Q: How long did the genocide last?
A: The Rwandan genocide lasted 100 days, starting in April.
Q: How many people were killed during the genocide?
A: Approximately 800,000 people were murdered during the Rwandan genocide.
Q: What is a genocide?
A: A genocide is when many or all people in a group are killed because of their ethnicity, colour, religion, or political opinions.
Q: Who was targeted during the Rwandan Genocide?
A: During the Rwandan Genocide, members of an ethnic group called the Tutsi (abatutsi) were targeted and killed because of their ethnicity.
Q: Who was responsible for carrying out the killings?
A: The Hutu killers were responsible for carrying out the killings during the Rwandan Genocide; they were extremist members of another ethnic group called the Hutu (abahutu). They also killed other Hutus whose political beliefs were not as extreme as theirs.
