Ku mugoroba wo ku wa 6 Mata 1994, indege yari itwaye Perezida Juvénal Habyarimana w’u Rwanda na Cyprien Ntaryamira w’u Burundi yahanuwe igwa i Kanombe, hafi y’urugo rwa Habyarimana. Iyi mpanuka yabaye ubwo aba bayobozi bari bavuye mu biganiro by’amahoro byabereye Arusha muri Tanzania.
Raporo y’ibanga yagiye hanze igaragaza ko hari uruhare rw’intagondwa z’Abahutu zari mu ngabo za Leta, cyane cyane abarindaga Perezida, mu gikorwa cyo guhanura iyo ndege. Iyi raporo kandi ivuga ko ingabo zari zifite intwaro zirimo imbunda zihitana indege n’ama-missile ashobora kuba yarakoreshejwe muri icyo gikorwa.
Iyo ndege yaguyemo abantu bakomeye barimo Gen Maj Déogratias Nsabimana, abaminisitiri b’u Rwanda babiri n’abo mu Burundi babiri. Nyuma y’amasaha make, igihugu cyahise kijya mu bihe bikomeye by’umutekano muke.
Mu gitondo cyo ku wa 7 Mata 1994, hatangiye ubwicanyi bwibasiye Abatutsi n’abataravugaga rumwe n’ubutegetsi. Interahamwe zifatanyije n’abasirikare zatangiye kwica abaturage mu gihugu hose.
Muri uwo mwuka w’akaduruvayo, Minisitiri w’Intebe Agathe Uwiringiyimana na we yishwe n’abasirikare bari bashinzwe kurinda Perezida. Hari amakuru avuga ko yari yagerageje guhungira ahantu hatandukanye ariko bikarangira afashwe akicwa.
Icyo gihe ubutegetsi bwahise bufatwa n’abasirikare, bashyiraho amabariyeri mu mihanda no gufunga ikibuga cy’indege cya Kigali, ibintu byakomye mu nkokora ubuzima busanzwe bw’Igihugu cy’u Rwanda. Ibi byose byabaye intangiriro y’ibihe by’icuraburindi byakurikiyeho mu Rwanda.
