Rwanda honors those killed in genocide that began 25 years ago

Flowers are seen on a grave site for victims of the Rwandan genocide at the Genocide Memorial in Gisozi in Kigali, Rwanda. [Reuters]

Rwandans will gather on Sunday to begin a solemn commemoration of the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago.

The ceremony marks the beginning of a week of events to honor the dead. Rwandan President Paul Kagame is scheduled to lay a wreath at Gisozi genocide memorial site, where over a quarter a million of people are buried.