'Hotel Rwanda' movie hero Paul Rusesabagina arrested

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The country’s bureau of Investigation reported in a Twitter assertion that Rusesabagina was now in their custody just after staying arrested “by way of worldwide cooperation.” It did not point out which country helped them with the arrest.

An global warrant was issued for his arrest and he is currently in law enforcement custody in Kigali, Rwanda’s money, mentioned the Rwanda Investigation Bureau.

Rusesabagina, 66, is accused of becoming the “founder, leader and sponsor of violent, armed, extremist terror outfits,” the company mentioned.

His supporters, and Rusesabagina himself, have very long maintained that he became a concentrate on of Paul Kagame’s government right after sustained criticism of Kagame’s federal government and the conduct of the Rwandan Patriotic Front in ending the Genocide in 1994.

Rusesabagina attained prominence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide for conserving the lives of hundreds people.

Around 800,000 Tutsis and reasonable Hutus had been killed in the genocide. The genocide was led by Hutu extremists who have been later

At the time, he was a supervisor at the Milles Collines lodge exactly where he hid and sheltered persons in the luxury lodge.

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He was the true-lifestyle inspiration for the 2004 Hollywood film “Lodge Rwanda,” starring Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo.

Rusesabagina has not lived in Rwanda because 1996 when he survived an assassination try.

He is the recipient of many human legal rights awards for his endeavours in the course of the genocide, including the US Presidential Medal of Independence in 2005.

CNN’s David Mackenzie and Brent Swails contributed to this report from Johannesburg

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