The man who rescued 1200 people from death in the famous film is accused of terrorism

Paul Russabagina, 66, was the manager, general of the luxury hotel in Kigali, Chief Justice of Rwanda, during the 1994 genocide, in whose war the country killed about 800 thousand people with knives and similar weapons, writes The Guardian, traces Periscope.

The film made in 2004 shows how Russabagina, a middle class man of the Hutu tribe but married to a Tutsi woman, used his influence to bribe and rescue more than 1,200 people who were sheltered at the Mille Collins Hotel in Kigali during the worst period of massacres.

The vast majority of genocide victims were from the Tuts minority in Rwanda.

Russabagina was exposed to authorities at a press conference today in the capital following his arrest on international warrant. Authorities said he was being held in custody but provided little details on charges weighing against him.

“Rusesabagina is suspected of being founder, leader, sponsor and member of a violent, armed, terrorist and extremist group... operating in different countries in the region, but also abroad,” was said in a statement by Rwanda's Bureau Investigative Bureau.

Russabagina lived in Belgium and in the United States, where she was honoured with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honour of this nation given by President George W Bush in 2005. /Periscope