Editing Rwandan Genocide (section)

===Genocide===
The assassination of Habyarimana in April 1994 set off a violent reaction<ref>[https://www.cfr.org/blog/twe-remembers-juvenal-habyarimanas-plane-crashes-and-rwandan-genocide-begins TWE Remembers: Juvenal Habyarimana’s Plane Crashes and the Rwandan Genocide Begins], Council on Foreign Relations</ref>, during which Hutu groups conducted mass killings of Tutsis, pro-peace Hutus (who were portrayed as "traitors" and "collaborators"), and the Twa, Rwanda's indigenous pygmy peoples who are often described as the genocide's "forgotten victims."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/25-years-after-genocide-rwanda-commemorates-those-killed--but-omits-one-group-that-was-almost-wiped-out/2019/04/05/afabebb4-557d-11e9-aa83-504f086bf5d6_story.html 25 years after genocide, Rwanda commemorates those killed — but omits one group that was almost wiped out], ''The Washington Post''</ref>

The genocide had been planned by members of the Hutu power group known as the [[Akazu]], a hardline sect of the MRND, many of whom occupied positions at top levels of the national government (including President Habyarimana's own wife); the genocide was supported and coordinated by the national government as well as by local military and civil officials and mass media. 

Alongside the military, the primary responsibility for the killings themselves rests with two Hutu extremist militias that had been organized for this purpose by political parties: the [[Interahamwe]] and [[Impuzamugambi]] (with both militias effectively serving as government-sanctioned [[death squad]]s), although once the [[Genocide|genocide]] was underway a great number of Hutu civilians took part in the [[murder]]s.<ref>[https://www.aeaweb.org/research/mobilization-genocide-elites-rwanda Mobilizing the masses to murder], American Economic Association</ref> [[Looting]] also became commonplace, as was [[rape]] and sexual violence. The level of rape that occurred during the Rwandan Genocide was so high that it has been classified as "[[genocidal rape]]".<ref>[https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/shattered-lives-sexual-violence-during-rwandan-genocide-and-its Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence During the Rwandan Genocide and Its Aftermath], Office of Justice Programs</ref><ref>[http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/89/a-study-in-violence-examining-rape-in-the-1994-rwandan-genocide A Study in Violence: Examining Rape in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide], ''Inquiries Journal''</ref>

These mass killings effectively marked the end of the peace agreement, causing the RPF to restart their offensive. Ultimately, the RPF would emerge victoriously and put an end to the genocide with their capture of the capital city of Kigali in July 1994.<ref name = genocide></ref>