151 rebels killed in Congo battle
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November 18, 2012, Sunday
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TWO army officers and 151 rebels were killed in a battle in eastern Congo, officials said on Friday, in what the United Nations called the worst clash between the M23 group and the military since July.
Rebels attacked army positions on Thursday and suffered heavy losses in the fighting that ensued, the governor of North Kivu province, Julien Paluku said. Paluku said the Red Cross had been sent into villages to take out bodies to prevent the spread of disease.
The M23 was created after officers from the Congolese army defected in April and May and launched a rebellion to demand better pay, armaments and amnesty from war crimes.
The army spokesman in northern Kivu, Colonel Olivier Hamuli, said that two army officers were killed and seven wounded in the fighting in the Kibumba area, 30 kilometers from Goma, the capital.
The M23 spokesman, Colonel Vianney Kazarama, denied the casualties, saying that only two rebels were wounded.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Congo said it was the worst battle since July.
Rebels attacked army positions on Thursday and suffered heavy losses in the fighting that ensued, the governor of North Kivu province, Julien Paluku said. Paluku said the Red Cross had been sent into villages to take out bodies to prevent the spread of disease.
The M23 was created after officers from the Congolese army defected in April and May and launched a rebellion to demand better pay, armaments and amnesty from war crimes.
The army spokesman in northern Kivu, Colonel Olivier Hamuli, said that two army officers were killed and seven wounded in the fighting in the Kibumba area, 30 kilometers from Goma, the capital.
The M23 spokesman, Colonel Vianney Kazarama, denied the casualties, saying that only two rebels were wounded.
The UN peacekeeping mission in Congo said it was the worst battle since July.
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