Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga

Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga (legal name Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga Wa Bafunkwa Kanonga, known as Commander Gedeon[1]) is a leader of the Mai-Mai militia group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On 16 May 2006 he was detained. In 2009 he and his wife were convicted for committing crimes against humanity during the Second Congo War. Gédéon was sentenced to death.[2] On 7 September 2011 he escaped from a prison in Lubumbashi after members of his militia opened fire on prison guards.[3][4] Authorities of the Katanga province offered a US$100,000 reward for information leading to his arrest[1].

References

  1. ^ a b "DR. Congo offers $100,000 reward for militia chief". AFP. 2011-09-09. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQkDiF0ttLOEn2nZYmk2tj3ceVjQ. Retrieved 2011-09-11. 
  2. ^ "DR Congo: Militia Leader Guilty in Landmark Trial". HRW. 2009-03-10. http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/03/10/dr-congo-militia-leader-guilty-landmark-trial. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  3. ^ "Congo prison mass escape after attack by gunmen". BBC. 2011-09-07. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10628245. Retrieved 2011-09-08. 
  4. ^ "UN voices concern after mass prison outbreak in DR Congo". UN News Center. 2011-09-07. http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39478&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo. Retrieved 2011-09-08.