Rwanda Genocide by Get on the Bus GUS

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Horrors of 1994Horrors of 1994

The endless slaughter between the Hutu The endless slaughter between the Hutu and Tutsi caused a mass migration of and Tutsi caused a mass migration of Tutsi away from the oppressive Hutus. Tutsi away from the oppressive Hutus. The Tutsi, trying to escape, were racked The Tutsi, trying to escape, were racked with disease, starvation and unsanitary with disease, starvation and unsanitary drinking waterdrinking water

Eight hundred thousand people died, two thousand people died a day, and ¾ of the Tutsi population died. Tens of thousands of Rwandans were displaced, and thousands of Hutus were killed fighting against their leaders.