Video reveals massacre by Congolese soldiers
Politicians denounce the upsurge in unrest after a video purporting to show soldiers killing unarmed civilians in the southern Kasai-Central region
The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government came under pressure on Sunday to stem violence after the emergence of a video purporting to show soldiers massacring unarmed civilians. "It is up to the authorities at all levels, provincial and national, to find a solution," Ibrahim Ikulu, a legislator from the ruling majority bloc, told AFP as politicians decried the upsurge in unrest. "The solution to this problem is political, not military," said opposition legislator Corneille Masuasua, who criticised how the military appeared to have taken matters into its own hands. "It’s very dangerous to depend on the military," Masuasua said. Saturday saw a confused government response to the discovery of a seven-minute video showing some 50 to 100 people killed in clashes between government forces and supporters of a slain tribal chief in the southern Kasai-Central region. Although government spokesman Lambert Mende condemned the video as a "ridiculous montage ... worthy of scenes from a R...
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