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DR Congo accuses Rwanda of faking capture of fighters linked to genocide

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DR Congo accuses Rwanda of faking genocide suspects video to pass them off as newly-captured rebels linked to Rwandan genocide.

Rwanda -backed M23 rebels say they captured fighters from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) FDLR was founded by ethnic Hutus who took part in the 1994 genocide against Rwanda 's Tutsis .

M23 fighters have been advancing through eastern DR Congo since January , seizing Bukavu and Goma .