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Police in Germany have arrested two Rwandan militia1 leaders on suspicion of crimes committed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 德国警方逮捕了两名卢旺达国民军领导, 因其在刚果民主共和国东部曾有犯罪嫌疑。 Mr Murwanashyaka has lived in Germany for several years Ignace Murwanashyaka, the leader of the FDLR rebel group, and his aide Straton Musoni were held on suspicion of(有嫌疑) crimes against humanity and war crimes. FDLR leaders fled to DR Congo after the Rwanda genocide(种族灭绝) in which some 800,000 people - mostly ethnic2 Tutsis - died. The FDLR's presence in DR Congo has been at the heart of years of unrest. The arrests come as UN peacekeepers continue to help the Congolese army battle the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda). The operation has been underway since January but the FDLR remains3 active. The FDLR is accused of funding its arms purchases(购买) by smuggling4(走私) gold and other minerals from areas it controls in the North and South Kivu provinces, just across the border from Rwanda. Mr Murwanaskyaka, 46, was arrested in the city of Karlsruhe, while 48-year-old Mr Musoni was held in the Stuttgart area, German prosecutors5 said in a statement. The statement said that the pair were the leader and deputy leader of the FDLR. "The accused are strongly suspected, as members of the foreign terrorist organisation6 FDLR, of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes," it said. It added that "FDLR militias7 are believed to have killed several hundred civilians8, raped9 numerous women, plundered10(掠夺,抢劫) and burned countless11 villages, forcing villagers from their homes and recruiting(招募,恢复) numerous children as soldiers". Lobby group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has welcomed the arrests. "Our research clearly indicates that Mr Murwanashyaka has a powerful influence over the FDLR militia who have deliberately13 targeted and killed hundreds of civilians in eastern Congo and that he is directly linked to the crimes," said HRW DR Congo expert Anneke Van Woudenberg. "Mr Murwanashyaka's arrest on war crimes and crimes against humanity is a welcome step to bringing justice for these brutal crimes," she added. Mr Murwanashyaka, an ethnic Hutu, has lived in Germany since before the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. He has always denied that his men, believed to number 5-6,000, were involved in the genocide and says they are fighting to bring democracy to Rwanda. He was among 15 people whose assets were frozen by the Security Council in 2005 on suspicion of involvement in war crimes in Rwanda or DR Congo. The FDLR's presence in eastern DR Congo has led to years of fighting in the region, and Rwanda's Tutsi-dominated government has twice invaded, saying it is trying to wipe them out. Some FDLR leaders have been accused of involvement in the Rwandan genocide. 点击收听单词发音
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