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KIGALI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda on Sunday began a week of national mourning and 100 days of commemoration to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

Rwandans will also stage a march and hold a candlelit vigil in the capital for those killed in the slaughter.

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. A deep trauma also remains.

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Rwandan authorities have long blamed the international community for allowing extremists to kill an estimated 800,000 people 30 years ago.

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Rwanda's president said the international community "failed all of us", as he marked 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed around 800,000 people.

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"Rwanda was completely humbled by the magnitude of our loss," he said.

“Our journey has been long and tough,” President Paul Kagame said Sunday at a ceremony at an indoor arena. “Rwanda was completely humbled by the magnitude of our loss, and the lessons we learned are engraved in blood.”