On April 6 , 1994 , Habyarimana , along with the Burundian president , were killed when their airplane was shot with a missile near Kigali ; both the RPF and Hutu extremists were blamed for the attack . The assault intensified ethnic violence and acted as an impetus for the Rwandan genocide , which claimed the lives of up to 800,000 Rwandans
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
International Commission of Investigation on Human Rights Violations in Rwanda since October 1, 1990