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Congo Villagers Accuse Rebels Of Slayings
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Published: November 7, 2008
KIWANJA, Congo - Villagers who fled fighting in this rebel-held town trickled home Thursday to find bodies of more than a dozen men in civilian clothes. They accused rebel leader Laurent Nkunda's forces of the slayings.
Nkunda's men wrested control of Kiwanja on Wednesday after heavy fighting with a pro-government militia called Mai Mai, one of many signs the conflict is spreading in eastern Congo and a fragile cease-fire is close to unraveling.
Villagers said rebels killed unarmed civilians suspected of supporting the Mai Mai. The rebels said the dead were militia fighters who were armed.
A U.N. official said Kiwanja was subjected to two rounds of terror. Mai Mai killed those they accused of supporting Nkunda's rebels. Nkunda's troops then killed men they said were Mai Mai loyalists.
The Associated Press
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