The assassination of Juvenal Haryarimana remains a mystery to this day. A 2006 report from
French investigators indicated that
Paul Kagame, then a leader of Tutsi militia groups, may have been responsible for the attack. Kagame denied any responsibility for the assassination attack as well as any responsibility for the
Rwandan Genocide that followed. Others, including
United Nations officers in
Rwanda at the time, suspect Hutu forces may have launched the attack to prevent Habyarimana form signing a peace agreement with Tutsi militias