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Rwanda said on Monday it had detained Paul Rusesabagina, the man who was hailed as a hero in a Hollywood movie about the country’s 1994 genocide, on terrorism charges and paraded him in handcuffs in front of the media.
Rusesabagina was portrayed by Don Cheadle in the Oscar-nominated film ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ which tells the story of how he used his job as a hotel manager and his connections with the Hutu elite to protect Tutsis fleeing the massacre.
On Monday, two policemen took the 66-year-old man to the headquarters of the Rwanda Bureau of Investigation and let the media film him and take pictures.
Rusesabagina, who was wearing a mask, did not speak. She has said in the past that she is the victim of a smear campaign in Rwanda.
“Rusesabagina is suspected of being a founder, leader, sponsor or member of violent armed extremist terrorist groups … operating in various locations in the region and abroad,” office spokesman Thierry Murangira told reporters.
He said Rusesabagina would face various charges including “terrorism, terrorist financing … arson, kidnapping and murder.”
He did not say how or where Rusesabagina was arrested.
