Assassination of president habyarimana 4/4/1994 state of alert

[Rwanda]

Assassination of president habyarimana 4/4/1994 state of alert

That day, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kayonga who Had forbidden to civilians l ‘ entry to the cnd knew very well That the plane was going to be shot. The State of high alert (standby kiss one to all units) has been declared in all Units. Person could no longer receive permission Or exit permit.

The rpf had missiles and has trained snipers

Rpa had in his possession a second type of Missile, the sa-16 that we appellions sam16 or igla.
This type of missiles, like the sa-7, originated from the Stocks of l ‘ Ugandan Army (National Resistance Army – NRA) today called updf, Uganda people’s Defence Forces.
These missiles have never been used within the Apr. There was only one specialist in the field, named
Frank nziza. He had learned to wield the missiles igla in The NRA at the headquarters of the army to bombo. In April 1994, Apr possessed only four missiles of this Type. Before the planning of the attack against president Habyarimana, these missiles were kept in the Stock of rpa to mbarara in Uganda. There was a To Mulindi, the headquarters of l ‘ Apr for safety Air.
Subsequently, three bodyguards of major Paul Kagame were selected and sent in training Uganda to be able to use these sa-16 missile (Igla). These are the sergeants nyamvumba Andrew, twagira Steven
And of Corporal Hakizimana Eric. The missiles that were At Mbarara were transported in Rwanda on 6 January 1994, the 3th Battalion was arrived at the cnd since very Little bit of time.