Congo Reports Arrest in Killing of 2 U.N. Experts<br />30, 2017<br />NAIROBI, Kenya — A man suspected in the killing of two United Nations experts in the Democratic<br />Republic of Congo was arrested early Saturday, according to Congolese authorities.<br />The experts, Michael Sharp, 34, an American, and Zaida Catalán, 36, a Swede, were investigating crimes associated with<br />a rebellion in central Kasai Province when they were abducted along with four Congolese colleagues in March 2017.<br />that We did our job and we found the person who was implicated in the murder case of the experts,<br />Human rights groups have suspected the government may have played a role in the killings,<br />and a United Nations inquiry in August could not rule out government involvement.<br />A dozen members of the militia were put on trial in June,<br />but those proceedings were put on hold in October pending investigations by United Nations officials.<br />The bodies of Mr. Sharp and Ms. Catalán were found two weeks later, about 75 miles south of Kananga.
