DR Congo's Goma under M23 rule: BBC investigates allegations of a massacre

The BBC speaks to multiple sources who say M23 fighters hunted down and killed young men in Goma.

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When he heard that Freddy had been shot - by M23 rebels he was told - he and others rushed to the scene in Goma, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

"When we arrived, we found Freddy still breathing, and wanted to take him away, but the M23 did not allow us," says the friend, who we are calling Justin.

"When we insisted, they fired bullets into the ground as if to say: 'If you dare cross this perimeter, we will kill you as well.'"

So they had to keep their distance, as Freddy, 31, took his last breath. Only then did the M23 allow them to approach and take away his body.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj5gl25756o

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