Seventy-five people have been arrested suspecting to be militiamen, and have been charged for murder and rape in the province of South Kivu of the Democratic Republic of Congo
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From the reported gathered so far, the leader of the group, Frederic Batumike, provincional deputy has been arrested.
Democratic Republic of Congo is known to have experienced a long decade of war and in the recent years there have been normality but the rebel violence in the eastern areas persist.
Alexis Thambwe Mwamba the Justice Minister said Mr Batumike and 74 of his associates had been arrested last week for repeated rapes of about 30 very young girls near the village of Kavumu.
Mr Thambwe in his words, said "The militia that works for him recruited a fetishist who advises the militiamen to rape very young girls to be assured of having supernatural protection," Mr Thambwe said.
Mr Batumike has also be accused of ordering the killing of a German engineer, Walter Muller and Evariste Kasali, a Congolese human right activist, said the Justice Minister.
Jose Maria Aranaz, the UN director, human right office in DRC, thank the government of DRC for the their arrests, saying "We welcome the authorities' action to put an end to these horrible practices and bring those responsible to justice."
Between 1994 and 2003 about five million lives have been lost in the Democratic Republic of Congo conflicts.
Alexis Thambwe Mwamba the Justice Minister said Mr Batumike and 74 of his associates had been arrested last week for repeated rapes of about 30 very young girls near the village of Kavumu.
Mr Thambwe in his words, said "The militia that works for him recruited a fetishist who advises the militiamen to rape very young girls to be assured of having supernatural protection," Mr Thambwe said.
Mr Batumike has also be accused of ordering the killing of a German engineer, Walter Muller and Evariste Kasali, a Congolese human right activist, said the Justice Minister.
Jose Maria Aranaz, the UN director, human right office in DRC, thank the government of DRC for the their arrests, saying "We welcome the authorities' action to put an end to these horrible practices and bring those responsible to justice."
Between 1994 and 2003 about five million lives have been lost in the Democratic Republic of Congo conflicts.
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