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Preliminary UN investigation into alleged massacre

    NAIROBI

    An official from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has travelled to South Kivu to look into allegations of a civilian massacre in the village of Katogota earlier this month. “Our person has met with the governor of South Kivu yesterday and is trying to get to the area to check on the allegations and make a preliminary investigation,” an OHCHR spokesman told IRIN on Thursday. But the official, who heads the OHCHR’s Goma office, had not yet been able to travel to Katogota because of the security situation, the spokesman said. The Catholic missionary news service MISNA last week reported that 300 people had been killed by rebels in the village on 14-15 May. The OHCHR spokesman said the preliminary investigation was being undertaken in coordination with MONUC.

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