At least 12 killed in bomb attacks on eastern DR Congo displacement camps
Al Jazeera
Congolese government, US blame Rwandan army and M23 rebel group for targeting camps where thousands are seeking refuge.
At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government officials, the United Nations and an aid group.
Friday’s explosions targeted the camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near the city of Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, the UN said in a statement.
The attacks, in which at least 20 people were injured, were a “flagrant violation of human rights and international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime”, it said.
A resident of one of the camps told Al Jazeera that many of the victims were sleeping in their tents when the area was attacked.
“We started running as the bombs were fired at the camp,” the resident said.
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