Description of attack Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira

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the presidential jet dassault falcon 50.


shortly before 8:20 pm local time (18:20 utc), presidential jet circled once around kigali international airport before coming in final approach in clear skies. weekly flight belgian c-130 hercules carrying unamir troops returning leave had been scheduled land before presidential jet, waved off give president priority.


a surface-to-air missile struck 1 of wings of dassault falcon, second missile hit tail. plane erupted flames in mid-air before crashing garden of presidential palace, exploding on impact. plane carried 3 french crew , 9 passengers.


the attack witnessed numerous people. 1 of 2 belgian officers in garden of house in kanombe, district in airport located, saw , heard first missile climb sky, saw red flash in sky , heard aircraft engine stopping, followed missile. called major de saint-quentin, part of french team attached rwandan para-commando battalion commandos de recherche et d action en profondeur, advised him organize protection belgian comrades. similarly, belgian officer stationed in unused airport control tower saw lights of approaching aircraft, light traveling upward ground , aircraft lights going out. followed second light rising same place first , plane turning falling ball of fire. officer radioed company commander, confirmed operational control tower plane presidential aircraft.


a rwandan soldier in military camp in kanombe recalled,



you know, engine sound different other planes; is, president s engine s sound ... looking towards plane coming from, , saw projectile , saw ball of flame or flash , saw plane go down; , saw it. leader of bloc asked soldiers , told them because kinani [a kinyarwanda nickname habyarimana meaning famous or invincible ] has been shot down. told me, lying. said, s true. opened wardrobe, put on uniform , heard bugle sound.



a rwandan officer cadet @ airport listening radio télévision libre des mille collines heard announcer state presidential jet coming in land. spoken broadcast stopped in favor of selection of classical music.


people killed

all twelve aboard falcon killed. were:









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