The government has welcomed the report of the experts appointed by French judges Marc Trévidic and Nathalie Poux that identified Kanombe Military Barracks as the launch site of the missile that brought down the plane carrying former President Juvenal Habyarimana on 6 April 1994.
The plane was shot down as it prepared to land at Kigali International Airport, bringing back then President Habyarimana from negotiations over the Arusha peace accords. The crash provided the trigger needed by those who planned the Genocide to start the massacres.
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