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![]() Tuesday, March 23, 1999 Published at 20:30 GMT ![]() ![]() World: Africa ![]() One-hundred said killed in DR Congo ![]() Reports are emerging of attacks in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in which hundreds of civilians have been killed. The Rome-based missionary news agency said at least two-hundred civilians were killed when rebel forces attacked their villages in two separate areas of Kivu province, beginning last Friday. Earlier, the Reuters new agency reported that one-hundred ethnic Tutsi civilians had been massacred at a village on the shores of Lake Tanganyika. Local residents told a Reuters reporter the killings were carried out by mercenaries allegedly paid by the Rwandan government. Rwanda, which had previously backed the ethnic Tutsis, has denied any involvement. From the newsroom of the BBC World Service ![]() |
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