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29 civilians killed in eastern DRC

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    Up to 29 people were killed in fresh violence on Sunday and Monday in the
    rebel-held east of DRC, witnesses told a human rights group on Monday. A
    member of the Goma-based Congolese human rights group (CREDHO), Charles
    Mukandirwa, told Reuters: "We visited the site and saw the bodies, some of
    them were burned, some of them had been cut up with knives and machetes."
    Congolese rebels backed by Rwanda occupy vast areas of eastern Congo where they are fighting different militia groups. Massive human rights
    violations have been reported in the rebel-held territory in the past two
    years.

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