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| At least 21 killed in Congo's east |
| 2013-12-17 |
| [Pak Daily Times] At least 21 people, including women and a baby, were killed over the weekend in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , the UN peacekeeping mission there said on Monday. Most of those killed appeared to have been hacked to death on Friday and Saturday in villages not far from Beni, in Congo's North Kivu province, according to a statement by Martin Kobler, head of the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission. It was not clear who was responsible for the killings, but they highlighted the challenge facing Congo's army and UN forces pacifying Congo's east despite the defeat of M23 rebels, the most serious uprising in years. "These atrocities will not go unpunished," Kobler said in a statement. Three girls appear to have been raped and then beheaded while one of the victims was just months old, the statement added. |
| Posted by:Fred |