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‘Bullet wounds are common’: crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma

‘Bullet wounds are common’: crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma

Robberies, shootings, extortion and rapes have surged since the Rwandan-backed M23 militia cut off the eastern Congolese capital

In broad daylight on 16 April, three armed and uniformed men held up a city centre mobile phone shop.

Threatening staff, they helped themselves to about £700 worth of goods, before making off on a motorbike, disappearing into the busy streets of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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