Against the backdrop of fire, Goma residents compete to bury 2000 bodies | Conflict news

People in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo of Congo rushed to bury about 2000 casualties of battles last week for the city, when they were afraid of the spread of the disease in the background of cessation of fire.

The M23 rebels supported by Rwanda, who captivated Goma, announced the fire on Monday and largely supported it, although some residents report sporadic firing and looting on Tuesday.

People in the city made a balance of bombed buildings and tried to clear the overflowing morgues. More than 2000 bodies killed in the conflict last week require a funeral in Goma, said the Minister of Communications of DRC overnight.

The United Nations said that at least 900 people had been killed and almost 3,000 were injured in the days of battles in Goma leading to its capture.

The scale of civil harm is still appearing with reports of people caught in the crossfire, buried hospitals and bodies left on the street.

Julien Zayna's drum, resident of the Katie neighborhood, said one of her children had been killed last week and two were injured by a flying shrapnel when it was struck near their home.

“We took them to a hospital where one of them died in three hours. The other two still receive treatment. They had a scan, and one still had a shrapnel in their head. “

Last week without power, Morgues cooling, which led to a “time competition” to identify bodies, said Miriam Favier, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross sub-delegation in Goma.

“The land in which the bodies can be buried in Goma is extremely limited,” she added.