#Kwibuka30: Rwanda marks 30 years since 1994 genocide of Tutsis

April 7 marks 30 years since the start of a genocide that would see nearly 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus murdered in Rwanda. Scars on survivors' bodies remind Rwandans of the killings.

Rwanda is commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.

More than 1 million people — mostly from the Tutsi minority ethnic group, but also moderates from the Hutu majority who tried to protect Tutsis — were systematically murdered by Hutu extremists during a 100-day killing spree that started on April 7, 1994.

The United Nations is holding e…