Gen Laurent Nkunda, the leader of the main rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been arrested, the military says.The rebel leader was arrested in Rwanda after he tried to resist a Rwandan-Congolese military operation, the operation's joint command said.
Some 3,500 Rwandan troops crossed the border to help Congolese forces disarm Rwandan Hutu FDLR rebels there.
Gen Nkunda has been leading the rival CNDP Tutsi insurgency.
The CNDP launched a major offensive in August, which displaced more than a quarter of a million people and raised fears of a wider regional war.
Gen Nkunda and his group says they are fighting to protect the Tutsi community from attack by Rwandan Hutu rebels based in DR Congo, some of whom are accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide.
Both government and rebel forces have been accused of war crimes
The Congolese government has often promised to stop the Hutu forces from using its territory, but has not done so.
Laurent Nkunda should be submitted to the International criminal tribunal of the Hug or to the government of Congo (DRC), Otherwise if he remains into the hands of his fellow Tutses the Rwandise justice will not find its way!
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