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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alexander Butler

Hundreds of women raped and burnt alive when militants stormed DR Congo prison

Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in Goma, DRC - (AP)

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison.

The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, UN peacekeeping chief Vivian van de Perre said.

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