At about 8:15 pm on the evening of 6 April 1994 , President Habyarimana was flying back to Kigali after a meeting when his plane was struck by two missiles fired from the ground . The plane crashed , killing everyone on board . The position of the American and Rwandan governments is that the missiles were fired from the Kanombe barracks , which were controlled by the Presidential Guard , but that conclusion is disputed . News of the President 's death was broadcast and the killings began
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Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira
Théoneste Bagosora