Congo-Kinshasa: 100 Bodies Rot After LRA Attack

15 October 2008

Kampala — Bodies of at least 100 civilians killed in intensified fighting between the Congolese army and the Lord's Resistance Army rebels are said to be rotting in a river in north-eastern DR Congo as the number of displaced civilians hit the 50, 000 mark.

The UN Refugee agency, while quoting witnesses, yesterday said 80 children have been reported "missing" while the insurgents have gone on rampage, destroying homes and public buildings in the north-eastern Ituri Province.

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