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25 rebels arrested after Ugandan commander’s killing

    NAIROBI

    Spokesman Mbusa Nyamwisa of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie - Mouvement de liberation (RCD-ML) said on Wednesday that 25 Congolese rebels, including two at “ministerial” level, had been arrested in connection with the killing in Beni on Sunday of Ugandan Colonel Reuben Ikondere. Nyamwisa said those arrested included the “defence minister” of the RCD-ML for failing to protect Ikondere and the “finance minister” of Jean-Pierre Bemba’s Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC), as well as other members of both factions, the PanAfrican News Agency reported. Nyamwisa also said Ikondere had been captured alive and later speared and beaten to death by Mayi-Mayi militiamen, contradicting earlier Ugandan army reports that he had been shot dead in his hotel room.

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