A horrible new video has revealed that charred bodies were left in a female prison block in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where hundreds of women were raped before they were burned alive.
The atrocities took place during a massive prison of the prison of Munzenze at the end of January, while M23 hunters clashed with the Congolese army during fatal weapons fights.
According to the UN, FEmale prisoners were slaughtered in their wing in the notoriously overcrowded prison after men gave their way and went on a rampage.
While thousands of male criminals managed to flee, it said for women reserved that reserved for women on the ground, Vivian van de Perre, the deputy head of the UN peace force in Goma, said.
Now a new team of Channel 4 documented the horrible aftermath while the Red Cross did work to carefully remove the displaced bodies.
The crew was filmed as aid workers dressed in white PPE, brought methodical bodies into bags for further examination.
With them was a grieving woman, turning Mwami, who tragically encountered the remains of a loved one.
'I'm sure the bodies of my mother and sister are here. I have checked the mortuary and the churches, and they are not there, 'the woman told the Red Cross Workers while she entered the room.
The cruelty took place during a massive prison of the prison of Munzenze at the end of January
According to the UN, female prisoners were slaughtered in their wing in the notoriously overflowing prison after men forced their way and had gone to a disaster
A channel 4 -news team documented the horrible aftermath of the fire
Red Cross -Volunteers remove the bodies from victims in a jailbreak and fire in the central prison of Munzenze, where some prisoners escaped during the conquest of the city by M23 rebels, in Goma, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic Congo, 10 February 2025
An employee said in an answer, “Look, we take them all outside.”
After looking around for a second, she seemed to find her sister's body.
She quietly said: “This is my sister. You can see her braids. '
Keeren told Channel 4: 'I was here on Monday, a week earlier. My mother braided [my sister’s] Her like that. I have nothing to do. I'm just alone now. '
The broadcaster also spoke with a woman who succeeded in escaping prison while he was set on fire, although not without serious burns to suffer from her body.
The woman whose identity was withheld, said: “During the night, while we slept, I heard a sound and then saw fire coming out of the ceiling. I shouted: “I'm going to die here.” '
Channel 4 reported that the woman's two -year -old baby died in the fire.
“I saw the fire falling on her head. She was killed where she slept. She was not alone, many children were burned. The number of children in that prison was 124. “
The crew was filmed as aid workers dressed in white PPE, putting methodical bodies in bags for further research
The M23 offensive is the newest bloody chapter in the decades of violence that the eastern DRC has torn
People respond during the removal of bodies that died in a jailbreak and fire in the central prison of Munzenze in Goma, the province of Noord -Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 10, 2025
Vivian van de Perre, the deputy head of the UN peace force in Goma, said earlier: “There was a large breakout of the prison prison prison prison prison.
'A few hundred women were also in that prison … they were all raped and then they set fire to the women's wing. They all died afterwards. '
Local reports claim that during the chaos, prisoners were shot by guards while they tried to stop the mass expansion.
It comes when an uncomfortable calmness was held on the eastern front of the Democratic Republic of Congo after regional powers feared a broader war that encouraged Congolese and Pro-Rwandan troops to agree to a cease-fire.
In recent months, the M23 movement supported by Rwandes has quickly seized dozens of territory in the mineral-rich east of the DRC in fights that killed thousands and forced huge numbers to flee their homes.
For fear that the conflict would go through to neighboring countries, East and South African leaders at a top on Saturday at an 'immediate and unconditional' -the -the fire within five days.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi took part, Tshisekedi via Videolink.
In Bukavu, the capital of the province of South Kivu, which is stated in the sights of the M23, the locals expressed doubts that the top would lead to permanent peace.
Red Cross Volunteers mix chlorine disinfectant while removing bodies that died in a jailbreak and fire in Munzenze Central Prison
Moved people who fled the fighting in Kibati and Kihisi and sought refuge, will be seen on February 10, 2025 in EP Djiwe Primary School in Goma
An inverted armored vehicle from the Democratic Republic of Congo forces (Fardc) can be seen in Sake on February 9, 2025
“If the similarities are really respected, I can hope for a solution for the safety crisis, but only if Kagame and his counterpart Tshisekedi meet and talk to each other without hypocrisy,” Heritier Zahinda of Bukavu told AFP.
The M23 offensive is the newest bloody chapter in the decades of violence that the eastern DRC has torn, powered by violence between different ethnic groups in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
The DRC accuses Rwanda of desiring its enormous means of gold and mineral resources.
Kigali accuses Kinshasa of protecting the FDLR, an armed group made by Ethnic Hutus that Tutsis slaughtered during the 1994 genocide.
