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| U.N. Says over 70 Civilians Executed in Eastern DR Congo |
| 2014-02-14 |
| [An Nahar] More than 70 men and women have been summarily executed in the restive 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 U.N. mission in the country (MONUSCO) said Thursday. "The reports received by MONUSCO suggest that the summary executions were allegedly committed mainly by gangs to spread terror among the population. The majority of the victims were killed with machete," MONUSCO said in a statement. The killings happened in late January and early February, a MONUSCO front man told AFP. They took place in the Nyamaboko villages I and II in the resource-rich northeastern North Kivu province where gangs regularly attack civilians over ethnic or commercial disputes. In December, MONUSCO's intervention force, whose mission is to neutralize all the gangs active in the troubled country, boosted its presence in the area. Government troops struck a rare and striking military success when, backed by the U.N. brigade, they defeated the powerful M23 rebel group in November. Since then, MONUSCO has been focusing on going after other armed militias operating in the same region. MONUSCO said it was in the process of verifying the information about the mass executions on the ground. "MONUSCO shall spare no efforts to neutralize all the gangs responsible for such acts," it said in the statement. Mission chief Martin Kobler meanwhile expressed "serious concern over the allegations of the gross human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... violations deemed unacceptable." He said any person involved in such acts should face justice. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Machete with pistol grip and splash hider in 3-2-1... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2014-02-14 10:49 |
| #1 "The majority of the victims were killed with machete" At least they weren't killed with an... assault weapon! /DiFi |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-02-14 10:42 |