It was in this atmosphere in 1994 that the order to exterminate, well prepared, was given 15 minutes after the assassination of the Hutu president Juvenal Habyarimana, by air attack.
Ngakho-ke ku-1994 ikhambi lokugcina, elilungiselelwe kahle, lasetshenziswa ngokumelene Batutsi Imizuzu engu-15 ngemuva kokushona ngokuqhumisa indiza yakhe nguMengameli wamaHutu uJuvenal Habyarimana.