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STORY: DRC / NORTH KIVU MASSACRES
TRT: 2:45
SOURCE: MONUSCO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: SWAHILI / FRENCH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 NOVEMBER 2016, LUHANGA/LUBERO, NORTH KIVU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
1. Wide shot, Congolese government officials arrive in Luhanga in Lubero
2. Med shot, man and woman walking through huts
3. Wide shot, people viewing dead body on the ground
4. Various shots, villagers around caskets with dead bodies
5. Wide shot, people walking in the village soldier watching
6. Med shot, burnt hut
7. Wide shot, people walking with soldier through the village
9. Wide shot, MONUSCO Force Commander speaking government officials
10. Med shot, Congolese army soldiers with the population
11. Close up, villagers seated next to caskets
12. Various shots, burying the dead
13. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Dr Martial Kambumbu, Provincial Minister for Health:
“The blood of the innocent will never go to waste. They can run but will not hide. The government will track them down and deal with them. This clear announcement and message is that all people in armed groups must disarm, because we cannot develop our province that way. We must impress unity and development in order to see progress”.
14. SOUNDBITE (French) Habishuti Seninga Robert, Provincial Member of Parliament:
“First of all, the solution is to sensitize everyone, starting with the attackers themselves, I mean the armed groups, because they themselves are afraid to be killed. We need to sensitize all the communities for a peaceful cohabitation because you will agree with me that if this population leaves here for Rutshuru, the population of Rutshuru will not accept that. It will not be a good thing. As authorities, we have to prevent and secure all populations, wherever they are.”
15. Med shot, women watching
16. Med shot, burying the dead with kid in the foreground
17. Various shots, aerials
Thirty people including 3 men, fifteen women and 11 children were massacred on Sunday (27 Nov) in Luhanga, territory of Lubero, in the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic Of the Congo (DRC)
They are suspected to have been murdered by the “Mai-mai Mazembe” fighters, who attacked a camp of displaced Hutus armed with guns and knives.
A joint delegation from the Congolese provincial government and the UN mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) visited the area on Monday (28 Nov) to assess the situation.
The dead were buried in the presence of the joint delegation.
SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Dr Martial Kambumbu, Provincial Minister for Health:
“The blood of the innocent will never go to waste. They can run but will not hide. The government will track them down and deal with them. This clear announcement and message is that all people in armed groups must disarm, because we cannot develop our province that way. We must impress unity and development in order to see progress.”
Following this massacre, the population began to flee the region into neighbouring areas.
SOUNDBITE (French) Habishuti Seninga Robert, Provincial Member of Parliament:
“First of all, the solution is to sensitize everyone, starting with the attackers themselves, I mean the armed groups, because they themselves are afraid to be killed. We need to sensitize all the communities for a peaceful cohabitation because you will agree with me that if this population leaves here for Rutshuru, the population of Rutshuru will not accept that. It will not be a good thing. As authorities, we have to prevent and secure all populations, wherever they are.”
According to reports the Mai-Mai Mazembe attacked a military outpost while another group from the same militia raided the civilian camp.
