UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A United Nations draft report alleges the Rwandan army and allies may have committed genocide during a 10-year period in the Congo, the BBC reported.
The 545-page report alleges that tens of thousands of ethnic Hutus, including women, children and the elderly, were killed by the Tutsi-controlled Rwandan army, the BBC said Friday.
The report details a U.N. investigation into the conflict in the Congo from 1993 to 2003.
Rwandan officials denied the allegations, BBC said. One Rwandan official called the claims "rubbish."
The BBC quoted a part of the report that said: "The systematic massacres of survivors after [Hutu] camps had been taken, show that the numerous deaths cannot be attributed to the hazards of war."
The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session Thursday to discuss allegations that Rwandan Hutu rebels were among armed men who raped at least 150 women and baby boys earlier this year, the BBC said.
The report also detailed human rights violations committed by security forces from numerous countries participating in what has been called "Africa's world war."
The killings could be genocide "if proven by a competent court," the report said.
An expert on the Congo said the draft might have been leaked, under Rwandan pressure, to prevent the editing out of allegations of a possible genocide, the BBC reported.
