Today early morning the high court held hearings of 30 men suspected to be working with FDRL (Rwandan rebels based in eastern Congo) in enforcing terror activities in the country.
Froduard Rwandanga who was on the spotlight today admitted being a member of FDLR and that he took part in throwing grenades in the city. The ringleader is accused of six crimes including terror, liaising with FDLR, tampering with national security, forming a terror group amongst others.
He further confessed that he was personally involved in a grenade explosion at Gisozi genocide memorial park and Kinamba, but he denied targeting the public but rather security personnel, he later sat down without giving a clear reason for his actions of attacking policemen and soldiers.
He commanded several other FDRL combatants who were responsible of grenade explosions at Muhima ,Chez Venant bus stop and Rubangura in the city centre. In these particular incidents he denied authorizing the attacks.
The prosecution had recommended life sentence to 25 of the suspects while the remaining gets 5 year jail terms. Final hearing is expected on Thursday this week
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