By: Donavon Hillard
INTRODUCTION
In the span of a hundred days approximately one million people were senselessly slaughtered out of fear and hate. This massacre eventually became known as the Rwandan genocide. It started when the plane carrying Hutu president Habyrimana was shot down on April 6, 1994, that night thousands of Tutsis inhabitants were murdered. Many of the worlds power’s soldiers were in the country and so were American reporters, and prudence bushnell was aghast at the sight of them, how the could sit there and do nothing to help the innocent people being murdered. The lack of attention to this mass murder is what made this genocide on of the worst in recorded history
In the span of a hundred days approximately one million people were senselessly slaughtered out of fear and hate. This massacre eventually became known as the Rwandan genocide. It started when the plane carrying Hutu president Habyrimana was shot down on April 6, 1994, that night thousands of Tutsis inhabitants were murdered. Many of the worlds power’s soldiers were in the country and so were American reporters, and prudence bushnell was aghast at the sight of them, how the could sit there and do nothing to help the innocent people being murdered. The lack of attention to this mass murder is what made this genocide on of the worst in recorded history
Conclusion
After the plane carrying president Habyrimana was shot down Prudence told the U. S. embassy that it was imperative that the embassy should troops in to prevent the violence that would soon follow but no one heeded her warning. As she predicted that night the order was given to kill all the Tutsis. This event lasted a hundred days with approximately a million Tutsi casualties. Prudence was aghast when she thought how could people stand by and watch such senseless murder. How could something so tragic happen to people and nobody does anymore than turns a head.
Experience: I survived the Rwandan genocide | Life and style | The Guardian ." Latest US news, world news, sport and comment from the Guardian | guardiannews.com | The Guardian . N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/18/survived-rwanda-genocide>.