APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The case to determine the nature of the charges against the two top leaders of the Rwandan Interahamwe militia group operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo arrested last week in Germany will be re-examined in three months, APA learns here this Sunday.

According to information availed to APA by Rwandan embassy source in Germany, the duo will remain in custody until next year after the prosecution has reportedly got through with their investigations against them. Murwanashyaka was detained alongside his deputy, Straton Musoni, who was arrested in Stuttgart.

According to reliable sources, the German Federal Prosecution is still continuing with investigations into the duo’s links to a terrorist group.

Murwanashyaka and Musoni, were arrested simultaneously after German prosecutors issued arrest warrants for leaders of the group accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The rebel group composed mainly of Interahamwe militias accused to active role in the 1994 genocide is said to be behind the several atrocities committed in eastern DR Congo.

"Yes, they are both in jail - they are jailed in Karlsruhe, their detention will be reexamined in three months - and then the judge has to be satisfied that investigations have progressed sufficiently well to warrant an extension of their detention," a Rwandan source in the ministry of justice told APA in an interview about the progress of the case.

Under German law, there is no time limit on this temporary pre-trial jail time, and that the trial judge has to be satisfied that investigations are proceeding before any other decisions are taken.

The re-examination of such a case is believed to take place at least three months.

German prosecutors initially issued arrest warrants describing the two as leaders of a "terrorist group." The charges include war crimes, crimes against humanity, using child soldiers, and heading a criminal organisation.

This comes at a time when some western countries have strengthened their resolve to neutralize the group’s international network. Other key FDLR leaders and financiers are said to be residing in France, Italy, Sweden, Canada and the United States.