Rwanda-DRC: a second Congolese soldier killed by Rwandan forces
The Rwandan army had killed a Congolese soldier on Saturday November 19, after he crossed the border and started shooting at his soldiers, the army statement said. INFO SOS Médias Burundi
It is in a press release that the Rwandan army announced the death of the FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) element.
The document says the soldier was shooting at the Rwandan army guard towers when he was shot.
The incident took place at the border post known as “Petite Baarriere”. It is between the district of Rubavu (western Rwanda) and the city of Goma (capital of North Kivu) in the east of the DRC.
The Congolese authorities have not yet reacted to this incident.
In mid-June this year, another Congolese soldier was killed by Rwandan police at the same roadblock as he fired on immigration officers and civilians, according to the Rwandan army.
The incident had caused several outrages in the cities of eastern Congo. Civil society associations and pressure groups had asked the Congolese authorities to “close the borders with Rwanda”.
In both cases, the Rwandan army claims to have informed the CIRGL (International Conference on the Great Lakes Region) about the incidents.
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