UN Reports Over 130 Civilians Killed By DR Congo Rebels

A UN investigation has found that at least 131 people were killed at the end of November in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo at the hands of the M23 rebel group. <br />It says investigations have confirmed the deaths of the civilians in two villages - Kishishe and Bambo - in the Rutsuhuru district of North Kivu province. <br />The UN says the victims were executed in what appears to be a reprisal to the current government offensive. <br />It says the violence was carried out as part of a campaign of murders, rapes, kidnappings and looting against two villages in the Rutshuru territory as reprisals for the clashes between the M23" and other groups.