Burundi ex-Rebel Dismisses Refugee Massacre Allegation A Burundi - TopicsExpress



          

Burundi ex-Rebel Dismisses Refugee Massacre Allegation A Burundi ex-rebel chief who returned from the bush in a bid to re-enter politics dismissed Thursday allegations he ordered the massacre of refugees nine years ago. Refugees in Burundi from Democratic Republic of Congo have lodged a complaint against Agathon Rwasa for his alleged role in a 2004 refugee camp massacre of some 160 Congolese Tutsis in Gatumba, to the west of the Burundi capital Bujumbura. Rwasa, who re-emerged from the bush earlier this month, rejected the complaint as "set-up" to keep him out of politics. The refugees accuse Rwasa, leader of the ex-rebel National Liberation Forces (FNL) and his then spokesman Pasteur Habimana of having ordered "genocide" and "looting" in Gatumba camp on August 13, 2004. naharnet/stories/en/95113-burundi-ex-rebel-dismisses-refugee-massacre-allegation
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:36:52 +0000

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