Crisis in Congo: 100 dead, over a thousand injured, rapes and looting.

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At least 100 people were killed and 1,000 injured during recent fighting between the army and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo. teleSUR

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00:00The situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is deteriorating.

00:04Recent fighting between the National Army and the Rwandan government-backed M23 rebel

00:08group has left more than 100 people dead.

00:11With memories of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis still fresh, the authorities in

00:17North Kipu have confirmed that more than 1,000 people have been wounded and have emigrated

00:23from this place.

00:24The toll is the result of clashes between the M23 rebels backed by 4,000 Rwandan soldiers

00:29and the Congolese army.

00:31Doctors from the International Committee of the Red Cross have reported grueling days

00:35treating serious injuries and seeing many bodies on the streets of Koma, the capital

00:40of North Kipu.

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