Congolese ‘Terminator’ rebel guilty of war crimes

International Criminal Court judges yesterday convicted Congolese rebel chief Bosco “Terminator” Ntaganda of war crimes including directing massacres of civilians and rape, in a badly-needed victory for prosecutors in The Hague.

Ntaganda, 45, was a “key leader” who gave orders to “target and kill civilians” in Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003, head judge Robert Fremr said.

The atrocities included a massacre at a village where people included children and babies were disembowelled or had their heads smashed in, the judge said.

 

Congolese Terminator rebel guilty of war crimes

International Criminal Court judges yesterday convicted Congolese rebel chief Bosco Terminator Ntaganda of war crimes including directing massacres of civilians and rape, in a badly-needed victory for prosecutors in The Hague. Ntaganda, 45, was a key leader who gave orders to target and kill civilians in Democratic Republic of Congos volatile, mineral-rich Ituri region in 2002 and 2003, head judge Robert Fremr said. The atrocities included a massacre at a village where people included children and babies were disembowelled or had their heads smashed in, the judge said.