DR Congo accuses Rwanda of faking capture of fighters linked to genocide

The Army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo accused Rwanda of prisoners’ clothes in the military uniform in an attempt to pass them as a newly composed rebels linked to the Rwandan genocide.

This comes after the Rwanda -backed rebels in the east of Dr. Congo said that they had seized the fighters from the Democratic Forces to Liberation of Rwanda – a militia founded by the ethnic Hutos that participated in the 1994 collective genocide against Tuts Rwanda.

But the Army of the Congo said that a video clip claiming to be allegedly handing over to 20 FDLR rebels at the border crossing was “fake”.

The M23 fighters have been progressing across the East of the Congo since January, when they seized Bocafo and Juma, the largest city in the region.

The fighting forced about 500,000 people from their homes, which has already increased a distinctive humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations.

In his statement, the Congolese army said that the Rwandan video was “a fake incident in a bad taste that was organized with a single goal to discredit our army.”

She said that Rwanda had taken the old FDLR prisoners and wearing their new military clothes to claim that they were newly arrested in Goma.

“This is part of the Rwanda strategy to justify the invasion of parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” he added.

Rwanda used the presence of FDLR forces in the eastern Congo to justify its support for the M23.

The country previously denied the support of the M23, but also confirmed that due to the presence of FDLR in the eastern Congo, it has the right to take military measures in the eastern Congo.

United Nations experts previously estimated that between 3000 and 4000 of the Rwandan forces in the eastern Congo.

United Nations experts also stated last year that the Congolese army was using several armed groups, including FDLR, as an agent in the battle against M23.

Collective extermination in Rwanda was 100 days in 1994.

The Ethnic Hoto militia has fled to kill up to 800,000 people – the vast majority of the Tutsi community – to what is now known as the doctor, some of which form FDLR.

Kagame, who headed the rebellious tutsi force that has ended the murder for more than three decades, believes that the “genocide militia” is an existential threat.

Thursday , The shooting and explosions erupted through a mass rally Hold by rebel leaders in Bukavo, the second largest city in the east. Videos showed chaotic scenes with bodies in the streets after the crowd fled.

M23 rebels He seized Bocafo from government forces last month After rapid progress across the area.

The rally was eaten earlier by Corneille Nangaa, the head of the rebel groups coalition, including the M23.

The rebels accused the government of the President of Congo Felix Chesikdi of organizing the attack. However, TSHISECEDI blamed a “foreign army” said it was working in the east.

The African Union and the United Nations called for a ceasefire and rebels to withdraw from the areas they now control.