UN blames rebels for massacre in Dem Rep of Congo

Updated: 09:12, Wednesday, 17 July 2002

The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Mary Robinson, has said rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo were to blame for a massacre of nearly 200 people in the city of Kisangani in May.

Mary Robinson, Congo rebels blamed for massacre Mary Robinson, Congo rebels blamed for massacre

She told the UN Security Council that the Rwandan-backed rebel group in control of the city, RCD Goma, had used excessive violence after a mutiny there.

Over 180 people were killed, most of them civilians.

Mrs Robinson was giving details of a UN investigation into the killings.

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