`` The responsibility of the RPF in the attack is therefore dismissed . '' The crash killed the then - presidents of Rwanda and Uganda . It sparked a wave of mass protests in Rwanda ; some people died . The downing of the plane was a Hutu coup d'etat , the media says .
The crash killed the then - presidents of Rwanda and Uganda . It sparked a wave of mass protests in Rwanda ; some people died . The downing of the plane was a Hutu coup d'etat , the media says .