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UN human rights chief accuses M23 rebels of ‘summary executions’ in DRC

M23 rebels earlier this week captured the Congolese city of Bukavu, home to 1.3 million people, after seizing Goma last month [Janvier Barhahiga/AP Photo]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Tuesday accused Rwanda-backed rebels, who seized a second major city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, of killing children and attacking hospitals and warehouses storing humanitarian aid.

Turk said in a statement on Tuesday that his office “confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city of Bukavu last week. We are also aware that children were in possession of weapons”.

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