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MLC calls for investigation of “mass graves”

    NAIROBI

    The MLC rebel movement has called for an international investigation into “massacres” it claims were committed by DRC President Laurent-Desire Kabila’s forces in Equateur between January and May 1999. In a statement received by IRIN on Thursday, it said a recent MLC-led exploratory mission in the Zongo and Libenge areas of the province had recorded testimonies from local residents and found evidence of mass graves in the villages of Idamo, Mole and Paturage, as well as massacres in Dakamba, Nduma, Mass and Lola. “The traumatised population is still hiding in the forests and refuses to go back to their villages for fear of the return of Kabila’s men,” the statement said. “The memory of the thousands of innocent victims reinforces the determination of all MLC supporters who have chosen to fight to end the dictatorship that continues to kill, massacre and arrest the innocent,” it added.

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