ICRC steps in to assist victims of bombing

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday began work to assist victims of Tuesday's bombings in the rebel-held towns of Goma and Uvira. "ICRC found around 500 persons who had been affected by the bombing, most of whose belongings had been destroyed and who no longer had a roof of their own above their head," an ICRC press release said. The agency distributed blankets, plastic sheeting, kitchen sets and jerry cans to those whose houses had been destroyed. It provided food rations including maize, beans and vegetable oil as well as medicines to hospitals in Goma and Uvira. Congolese Red Cross first aid volunteers recovered and buried more than 20 bodies and took the wounded to hospital.