France charges Liberia ‘ex-militant’ for crimes against humanity

Police van driving past the Paris police headquarters

French authorities have detained a suspected former militant commander from Liberia’s brutal civil war and charged him with crimes against humanity, police said Friday.

The man, identified as naturalized Dutch citizen Kunti K., is suspected of being a former commander in the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (ULIMO), which fought during the 1990s.

He is suspected of torture, murder, slavery, the use of child soldiers and cannibalism.