Dr. Congo accuses Rwanda of capturing the recording of fighter in connection with genocide

The army of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of linking prisoners in military uniforms in order to say goodbye to the genocide in Rwanda as a newly recorded rebels.

It comes after the M23 rebels in East Dr. Congo that they had captured fighters from the democratic armed forces for the liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) – a militia founded by ethnic hutus who took part in the genocide from 1994 against Rwandas Tutsis.

But Dr. Congo Military said that a video that allegedly shows the handover of 20 FDLR rebels at a border crossing is “fake”.

M23 fighters have been through the Eastern Dr. Congo has taken and confiscated Bukavu and Goma, the largest city in the region.

The fights have forced around 500,000 people out of their houses and, according to UN, worsened an already bad humanitarian crisis.

In his explanation, the Congolese military said that the Rwandian video was a “fake incident in a bad taste that was orchestrated with the sole goal of discredit our army”.

It was said that Rwanda had taken old FDLR prisoners and dressed them in new military uniforms to claim that they were newly captured in Goma.

“This is part of the Rwandian strategy to justify the invasion of parts of the DRC territory,” added.

Rwanda used the presence of FDLR armed forces in the eastern Congo to justify his support for the M23.

The country previously denied that the M23 supported, but also emphasized that due to the FDLR presence in the eastern Congo, it has the right to take military measures in the eastern Congo.

UN experts have previously estimated that there are between 3,000 and 4,000 Rwandic troops in the eastern Congo.

UN experts also reported last year that the Congolese military had used several armed groups, including the FDLR, as a deputy in the fight against the M23.

The genocide in Rwanda took place over 100 days in 1994.

The ethnic Hutu militia, which was involved in killing up to 800,000 people – the vast majority of the Tutsi community – fled to what Dr. Congo is, some form the FDLR.

Kagame, who led the rebel -Ttutsi power, which ended the murder more than three decades ago, sees this “genocide militia” as an existential threat.

On Thursday, Shots and explosions that were torn by a rally by rebel leaders in Bukavu, the second largest city in the east. Videos showed chaotic scenes with bodies on the street after the crowd had fled.

M23 rebels Bukavu achieved last month by the state armed forces After their quick progress through the region.

The rally had previously been addressed by Corneille Nangaa, the head of an alliance of rebel groups on whose M23.

The rebels accused the government of Dr. Congo, Felix Tshisekedi's government, orchestrating the attack. However, Tshisekedi accused a “foreign army” that he operated in the east.

The African Union and the United Nations have called for an armistice and the rebels to withdraw from the areas they are now checking.