According to the Congolese authorities, more than 120 people, including 17 children, were killed during the massacre of November 29 in the locality of Kishishe, in the east of the country.
With our correspondent in Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa
“ There have been systematic massacres, houses have been burnt down and there are many people missing “, told RFI Patrick Muyaya, the spokesperson for the Congolese government, on Saturday.
While the previous assessment of this attack committed in Kishishe, a town in Rutshuru under M23 control, reported around fifty deaths, it has been revised upwards. “ The first figures that reached us speak of 122” dead and “it is not excluded that this balance sheet will increase “said Mr. Muyaya.
” A war crime »
The President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi, asked for the opening of internal and international investigations to establish that this attack is ” a war crime “, according to the spokesman who insists on the need for rapid justice. ” Because if justice is not done, we can fear that this will continue in other areas where the M23 and the RDF have set themselves up as leaders. “, he comments.
Patrick Muyaya, spokesperson for the Congolese government
A three-day national mourning was decreed from Saturday following this massacre which was strongly condemned by NGOs and the international community.