Legal Opinion
Habyarimana Ex Rel. Habyarimana v. Kagame
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2012No. 11-6315PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
On April 16, 1994, over the Rwandan capítol of Kigali, two surface-to-air missiles brought down an aircraft carrying then Rwandan and Burundi Presidents, Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, both of Hutu ethnicity. The killings fueled the Rwandan genocide, which spread violence across East Central Africa and cost upwards of one million innocent victims their lives. Some believe the then Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front headed by current Rwandan President Paul Kagame was behind the killings. Others believe the then government-aligned Hutu Power extremists opposed…
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