Teshuvah
Banned
On April 6, 1994, Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was assassinated. Habyarimana, a Hutu (one of Rwanda's two main ethnic groups, along with the Tutsis), had negotiated a ceasefire with Tutsi rebels. His assassination was the catalyst that started the Rwandan Genocide, in which 500,000 to 1 million Tutsis were murdered by the government.
This got me thinking: if Habyarimana hadn't been assassinated, could the genocide have been prevented? Tensions were simmering beneath the surface for quite some time, but perhaps a ceasefire could have stayed in effect. What do you guys think?
This got me thinking: if Habyarimana hadn't been assassinated, could the genocide have been prevented? Tensions were simmering beneath the surface for quite some time, but perhaps a ceasefire could have stayed in effect. What do you guys think?