'Around 300' dead in east DR Congo massacre - minister

'Around 300' people died in an attack on villagers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel group, says industry minister

Congolese activists in Goma attend a vigil in memory of the civilians killed in the recent conflict between Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and rebel forces.

The rebel group has rejected the massacre accusations, and says eight civilians were killed in the village on November 29 -- attributing their deaths to "stray bullets". "Every community has been able to record the people who died from units in Kishishe and its environs," said Paluku, who was governor of North Kivu province from 2007 to 2019."We are looking at around 300 deaths" of "people known to be regular inhabitants of Kishishe, who have nothing to do with FDLR [Hutus from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda] and no connection with the mai-mai," a community-based militia group, Paluku said.

The March 23 movement, or M23, is a predominantly Congolese Tutsi rebel group that was dormant for years.

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