11 April 1994
Belgian peacekeepers withdraw from ETO school in Kicukiro, Kigali, leaving 4000 Tutsi behind. The Interahamwe marches them to Nyanza and massacres them there.
10 April 1994
Massacres and looting continue in Kigali. An estimated 10,000 dead bodies are taken from the streets and piled up at hospitals that are overflowing with the wounded.
9 April 1994
French Amaryllis operation to evacuate expatriates starts. The Rwandan Interim Government is set up at the request of Théoneste Bagosora,
8 April 1994
Tutsi sheltering in Nyundo Parish are murdered. Massacres continue in Kigali and in other areas notably in the commune of Bicumbi.
7 April 1994
The genocide against the Tutsi begins. Several opposition politicians and Hutu officials opposed to the Genocide are assassinated
6 April 1994
On return from Dar-es Salaam peace talks, President Habyarimana’s plane is shot down by missiles fired from the Kanombe military camp
20 April 1994
Un secretary-General Bouros-Bouros Ghali speaks of “Hutu killing Tusti and Tustsi killing Hutu” and calls for a cease-fire between the genocidaires and the RPF (who are fighting to stop genocide), causing confusion as to whether this was a mere civil war or not