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Massacre in the DRC: a minister evokes "around 300 dead"

2022-12-05T19:57:34.144Z


The Minister of Industry of the DRC, Julien Paluku, former governor of North Kivu, estimated Monday evening that the massacre of which Kinshasa accuses the...


The DRC's Minister of Industry, Julien Paluku, former governor of North Kivu, estimated Monday evening that the massacre of which Kinshasa accuses the M23 rebellion, on November 29 in the village of Kishishe, had made "

around 300 dead

”.

Mr. Paluku was speaking at a press briefing alongside the Minister of Communication and government spokesman, Patrick Muyaya.

The army accused the M23 on Thursday of having massacred at least 50 civilians in this village in North Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo), a report that the government established the next day at "

more than a hundred

" dead. .

The rebel movement rejected these accusations and acknowledged the death of eight civilians in this village, killed according to it by "

stray bullets

" during fights with militiamen.

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To explain the new figures in possession of the government, MM.

Paluku and Muyaya said they came from civil society and an "

organization that brings together all the communities

" in the region.

" Each

community

was able to identify, through the antennas which are in Kishishe and surroundings, the people who died

", explained Mr. Paluku, who was governor of the province of North Kivu from 2007 to 2019.

alone has more than 105 people killed

,” Paluku said.

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"

We have around 300 dead

," he said, in response to a question, "

people who are known, regularly residents of Kishishe, who have nothing to do with the FDLR (Hutu rebels of the Democratic Forces liberation of Rwanda), nothing to do with the mayi-mayi

" (community militiamen), he said.

In his introductory remarks, the Minister of Industry spoke of some “

272 civilians killed

”.

Patrick Muyaya mentioned 17 children among the dead, "

according to the first elements given

".

"

There are difficulties in cross-checking all the figures

," he said, "

the area is under M23 occupation

."

"

Consolidation work is underway

," he added.

The M23, a former Tutsi rebellion defeated in 2013, took up arms again at the end of last year and in recent months has conquered large portions of territory north of Goma, capital of North Kivu province.

Kinshasa accuses Rwanda of supporting it, arming it and even fighting alongside it, which Kigali denies.

Source: lefigaro

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