BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- A Belgian lawyer said Saturday he has filed a complaint against Congolese

President Laurent Kabila and two top aides, saying they incited ethnic hatred and violated international

law.

The legal action came just days before Kabila is to visit the Belgian capital, Brussels.

Lawyer Pierre Himpler said he filed the complaint on Friday on behalf of a Belgian and a Congolese from

the Tutsi ethnic group.

Himpler accused Kabila and his aides of ``making declarations inciting hatred and racial war'' that led to

ethnic killings of Tutsis earlier this year.

Kabila, whose troops are fighting a rebel force that includes many Tutsis, is scheduled to meet Belgian

Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene and other top Belgian and European Union officials during a three-day

visit starting Tuesday.

In a telephone interview, Himpler said he based his case on a 1993 law that allows Belgian courts to try

people accused of serious violations of international law.

It is likely that Kabila could claim diplomatic immunity from prosecution because he is a head of state, but

Himpler said his clients hoped lodging the complaint would draw attention to rights abuses in Congo.

The other Congolese officials named in Himpler's complaint are Information Minister Didier Mumengi and

Kabila's communications adviser, Dominique Sakombi Inogo.

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