In a message posted on Twitter, the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, said the Forge Fils Bazeye, FDLR spokesman in DRC, was arrested in the country. There is a prospect of being sent to Rwanda.
Bazeye is arrested after on December 10 this year, the rebels allegedly members of FDLR militants in Rubavu District Busasamana District, raided Rubavu District, Busasamana Sector but were repelled by the Rwandan Army. Seven of them were shot dead.
One day after the attack, Bazeye was heard on the Voice of America (VOA), claiming responsibility that FDLR troops were the ones behind the attack, saying they were working from Rugali in the DRC.
In October this year, Rwanda welcomed about 746 former FDLR rebels and their families after being expelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC).
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