Over 8 lakh people were killed in Rwanda's civil war 
The civil war in Rwanda, during which an estimated eight lakh Rwandans were killed, erupted on April 7, 1994. The war, fought between the Hutu and Tutsi tribes, was triggered by the death of Rwandan President JuvÃ©nal Habyarimana, a Hutu, after his plane was shot down. The genocide is considered one of the worst since World War II.