21:00 EDT, 18 May 2021
A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing war crimes carried out during the civil war in Sierra Leone, police said.
The Metropolitan Police said officers from its war crimes team had arrested a 42-year-old man at an address in Leeds on Tuesday on suspicion of offences contrary to section 51 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001.
The force said the arrest was part of an ongoing investigation into alleged atrocities that occurred during the civil war in Sierra Leone between 1994 and 2000.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing atrocities during the Sierra Leone civil war which left more than 120,000 dead
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