South Africa Arrests Tenth Suspect in Alleged Russia-Ukraine War Recruitment Case
South African police have arrested a 38-year-old foreign national suspected of trying to travel abroad to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war. The arrest brings to 10 the number of people detained in connection with the alleged recruitment operation. Authorities have not disclosed the suspect’s nationality. The suspect faces charges under South Africa’s Regulation of Foreign Military Assistance Act of 1998, following a joint operation involving police units and international law enforcement agencies. Nine Zimbabwean men arrested on 8 November face charges under the same law. Five were arrested at OR Tambo International Airport: Weight Mudhanyane, 23; Javangwe Munyaradzi, 41; Wesley Sothole, 24; Abel Muchenje, 40; and Knowledge Ndunduma, 46. The other four—Bobo Chinhondo, 43; Batsirai Shereni, 24; Liberty Shereni, 44; and Niobe Zhou, 37—were arrested at a hotel in Bruma. The two groups appeared before magistrates’ courts in Kempton Park and Johannesburg.
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