Congolese Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was arrested in neighbouring Rwanda, the chief of police in the Democratic Republic of Congo said in a statement on Friday.
The DR Congo army and Rwandan army "inform the public of the arrest of deposed general Laurent Nkunda Thursday at 10:30 pm while fleeing in Rwandan territory after putting up brief resistance," said the statement.
DR Congo and Rwandan troops advanced Thursday on Nkunda's headquarters at Bunangana in the Nord-Kivu region of the east of the country.
Rwanda sent thousands of troops into Congo Tuesday as part of a joint agreement to eradicate Rwandan Hutu rebels based across the border and quench a revolt by Tutsis against Kinshasa.
Nkunda, a Tutsi ex-general, had been silent since top commanders of his National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) movement defected and went over to Congolese forces last week, saying their conflict with Kinshasa was over.
The DR Congo army and Rwandan army "inform the public of the arrest of deposed general Laurent Nkunda Thursday at 10:30 pm while fleeing in Rwandan territory after putting up brief resistance," said the statement.
DR Congo and Rwandan troops advanced Thursday on Nkunda's headquarters at Bunangana in the Nord-Kivu region of the east of the country.
Rwanda sent thousands of troops into Congo Tuesday as part of a joint agreement to eradicate Rwandan Hutu rebels based across the border and quench a revolt by Tutsis against Kinshasa.
Nkunda, a Tutsi ex-general, had been silent since top commanders of his National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) movement defected and went over to Congolese forces last week, saying their conflict with Kinshasa was over.
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