Beginning in April 1994, groups of ethnic Hutu, armed mostly with machetes, began a campaign of terror and bloodshed in the central African country of Rwanda. For about 100 days, the Hutu militias followed a clear and premeditated attempt to exterminate the country's ethnic Tutsi population. This is an example of __________.

A. targeted killings
B. MST
C. genocide
D. outgroup murder


Answer: C

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