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Rwanda Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana Assassinated On This Day In 1994
One of the early occurrences of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994 took place this day when the country’s moderate prime minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana (pictured) was assassinated by the Génocidaires. Uwilingiyimana’s slaying and the killing of other key political figures threw Rwanda in to the throes of widespread genocide, where an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans…
