DR Congo: No Justice for 2018 Yumbi Massacres
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(Kinshasa, December 19, 2019) – Authorities
in the Democratic
Republic of Congo
have not brought to justice those responsible for the massacres of ethnic
Banunu in Yumbi territory one year ago, Human Rights Watch said today.
On December 16 and December 17, 2018, hundreds of ethnic Batende assailants killed at least 535 people and wounded 111 more, though the actual death toll is most likely much higher. The assailants also damaged, destroyed, and pillaged more than 1,500 houses as well as health centers, schools, and polling places, according to witnesses, the United Nations, and the Congolese government.
On December 16 and December 17, 2018, hundreds of ethnic Batende assailants killed at least 535 people and wounded 111 more, though the actual death toll is most likely much higher. The assailants also damaged, destroyed, and pillaged more than 1,500 houses as well as health centers, schools, and polling places, according to witnesses, the United Nations, and the Congolese government.
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