Although the war or problem does not start overnight, it is usually an event that is seen as a “kick-off”. The “kickoff” of the Rwandan genocide occurred on April 6, 1994. It was late at night when President Juvenal Habyarimana was returning from Tanzania. He signed the Arusha Accords, which allowed Tutsis to participate in government. This significantly weakened the Hutu regime. The Hutus resorted to shooting down President Habyarimana's plane, which ended in his death. As a result, within the next twenty-four hours Hutu extremists took over the government. They blamed the Tutsis for the shooting down of the plane and the genocide