'Hotel Rwanda' movie hero Paul Rusesabagina arrested

The country’s bureau of Investigation said in a Twitter assertion that Rusesabagina was now in their custody following currently being arrested “via worldwide cooperation.” It did not indicate which place assisted them with the arrest.

An worldwide warrant was issued for his arrest and he is at present in law enforcement custody in Kigali, Rwanda’s cash, reported the Rwanda Investigation Bureau.

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

His supporters, and Rusesabagina himself, have prolonged managed that he turned a concentrate on of Paul Kagame’s governing administration immediately after sustained criticism of Kagame’s authorities and the carry out of the Rwandan Patriotic Entrance in ending the Genocide in 1994.

Rusesabagina acquired prominence all through the 1994 Rwandan genocide for preserving the lives of hundreds men and women.

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

At the time, he was a supervisor at the Milles Collines hotel the place he hid and sheltered folks in the luxury resort.

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He was the real-existence inspiration for the 2004 Hollywood film “Resort Rwanda,” starring Don Cheadle and Sophie Okonedo.

Rusesabagina has not lived in Rwanda given that 1996 when he survived an assassination attempt.

He is the recipient of quite a few human rights awards for his initiatives through the genocide, which includes the US Presidential Medal of Independence in 2005.

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

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