What event sparked the beginning of the genocide in Rwanda Who does that event get blamed on?

The genocide in Rwanda was sparked by the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana on April 6, 1994, when his plane was shot down near Kigali. This event is often blamed on the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) by extremist Hutu factions, although the true perpetrators remain disputed. The assassination led to a rapid and brutal campaign against the Tutsi population and moderate Hutus, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 800,000 people over the following months.