Kinshasa: A United Nations official
says 90 Rwandan rebels have been killed in restive eastern
Congo.
Spokesman Madnodje Mounoubai said Wednesday that Hutu
rebels from neighbouring Rwanda were killed during a two-week
Congolese army operation conducted with the support of UN
peacekeepers.
Mounoubai said that two rebel bases were destroyed
and 68 other rebels surrendered.
Hutu rebels are blamed for killing hundreds of
villagers in eastern Congo. Rwandan and Congolese troops
teamed up last year for a short operation against the rebels.
Eastern Congo has been wracked by violence since
Rwanda's 1994 genocide spilled war across the border. Hutu
militias who participated in the massacres of more than
500,000 people sought refuge in Congo.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 21:38