French police have arrested a Liberian man accused of committing crimes against humanity, whilst being a commander in the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO) in the 1990’s.
The man, identified as Kunti K, is a naturalised Dutch citizen. He is accused of torture, murder, slavery, the use of child soldiers and cannibalism between 1993 and 1997.
He was arrested in the northeast Paris suburb of Bobigny on Tuesday.
See more from AFP here.
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