After the downing of the Rwandan and Burundian presidential plane 10 Belgian peacekeepers were kidnapped , mutilated and murdered by the Hutu-dominated government army . In response , Belgium withdrew all of its peacekeepers , blaming UNAMIR for failing to rescue their men . The Belgians had represented the largest and most capable element in the UNAMIR mission , leaving it incapacitated and unable to cope with the events of the Rwandan Genocide
downing of the Rwandan and Burundian presidential plane
Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira
History of Belgium