As Rwanda Marks 30th Anniversary Of 1994 Genocide, A Look Back At Violence That Killed Lakhs

Rwanda will on April 7 commemorate the 30th anniversary of the genocide, when ethnic Hutu extremists killed neighbours, friends and family during a three-month rampage of violence aimed at ethnic Tutsis and some moderate Hutus, leaving a death toll that Rwanda puts at 10,00,050.

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Rwanda Genocide Anniversary | Photo: AP/Brian Inganga

Family photographs of some of those who died hang in a display in the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Skulls on display at the Kigali Memorial for Victims of the 1994 Rwandan genocide in Kigali, Rwanda.

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Family photographs of some of those who died hang in a display in the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre in Kigali, Rwanda.

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A tourist walks past family photographs of some of those who died in an exhibition at the Kigali Genocide Memorial centre in the capital Kigali, of Kigali, Rwanda.

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Women carry water in Gahanga the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda.

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Children play soccer on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda.

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Traders at Nyabugogo market on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda.

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People walk on the streets of Kigali, Rwanda.

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