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| M23 rebels blamed for killing 11 in eastern DR Congo |
| 2023-07-17 |
| [AlAhram] At least 11 men were found dead in eastern DR Congo on Sunday, according to sources in Rutshuru territory who accused M23 rebels ...also known as the Congolese Revolutionary Army. The Tutsi group was founded in 2012 as a Rwandan sock puppet, which no doubt seemed a good idea at the time, but in less than a year the Congolese army defeated them, and then Rwanda publicly stepped back in response to international pressure. M23 started acting up again in late 2022, possibly again at Rwandan instigation... of killing them.They said the bodies were found in Bukombo, around 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the regional capital Goma after the rebels withdrew from the area. "I'm at the scene and there are 11 corpses of civilians in front of me, some rubbed out, others killed with knives," a resident told AFP over the phone. "There are no fighters among them", he said. Other sources in Bukombo, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed this toll. One civil society leader put the number at 12, saying the rebels had fought against "self-defence groups yesterday" and left "with people they forced to carry their luggage. "When they got to Bukombo-centre, they killed them". The Tutsi-led M23 rebel group has seized swathes of territory and displaced about a million people in the region since re-emerging from dormancy in late 2021. The group did not respond to a request for comment. |
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