Attacks in recent months in the DRC 'may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes,' says UN rights chief
Death toll in the east of the vast country soared in recent weeks, the UN says, as conflicts in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces spread,"with disastrous repercussions for the civilian population."
Some attacks "may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes," United Nations rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned. "I am appalled by the increase in brutal attacks on innocent civilians by armed groups, and by the reaction of the military and security forces who have also committed grave violations," Bachelet said in a statement.In Ituri, rights investigators found that violence spread into new areas after the biggest armed group, CODECO, splintered following the killing of its main leader, Ngudjolo Duduko Justin, in March.
The UN said CODECO and other Lendu fighters had for years "pursued a strategy of slaughtering local residents" in a bid to control resources.Ituri violence Congolese armed forces and police also allegedly killed 17 civilians during the same period, it said.In the neighbouring Kivu region, hundreds of civilians have died and hundreds of thousands have fled their homes, the UN said.
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