It was one of the most dead battles in the decades in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
After the city of Goma fell on a rebel group last week as a M23, the International Red Cross said that civilians had paid a large price and that the number of deaths would be expected to increase because more bodies were found.
With rebels who said they were returning from the Second Central African County, Rwanda – the Rwandans denied it – there was a fear that the conflict could grow into a wider war among neighboring countries and their allies.
Millions have died in the last 30 years in Congo in the midst of ethnic tensions and disputes about access to land and mineral resources. But there are rarely so many killed in just a few days, experts told Elian Peltier, a New York Times correspondent who traveled to Gom.
