Hundreds of women raped and burned to death after Goma prison set on fire
by Joost Bastmeijer, Saskia Houttuin and Mark Townsen from World news | The Guardian on (#6V2EJ)
Atrocity follows escape of thousands of male inmates amid chaos as Rwandan-backed M23 rebels seize eastern DRC city
Hundreds of women were raped and burned alive during the chaos after a Rwandan-backed rebel group entered the Congolese city of Goma last week.
The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma's Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak, according to a senior UN official.
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