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Volker Turk says his office “confirmed” cases of rebels who killed and employed children in the Eastern DRC.

UN High Human Rights Commissioner Volker Turk on Tuesday accused the rebels supported by Rwanda, who seized a The second capital In the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing children and seizures of hospitals and warehouses in humanitarian aid warehouse.

Turk said in a statement on Tuesday that his office “confirmed the cases of summary of children by M23 after entering the city of Bukav last week. We are also aware that the children owned a weapon.”

Did not refer to certain events but UN agencies previously defendant And the Congenian government forces and rebels of the employment of children.

The United Nations Human Rights Council initiated the Commission earlier this month, which will investigate crimes, including rapes and murders, similar to “executions” that have committed both sides since the beginning of the year.

The statement also stated that the Turkish office received reports of “arbitrarily arrests and detention”, as well as harassment and “alleged forced return of congenoconial young men fleeing from violence in neighboring countries.”

The M23 rebels captured Bukava on Sunday, a city of 1.3 million people after seizing Goma,, 101 kilometers (63 miles) in the north last month. At least 3000 reported were killed and thousands of displaced in the struggle for Goma.

The M23 is the most prominent of more than 100 armed groups that have fought for controlling the trillion of Eastern DRC mineral wealth, which is critical for the production of most of the world technology. The rebels support about 4,000 soldiers from neighboring Rwanda, according to UN experts.

Rwanda accuses Drc of reporting the Hutua fighters responsible for the 1994 minority genocide and moderate Hutus. M23 says that he is fighting for the protection of Tuts and Congole from Rwandan origin from discrimination and wants to turn Congo from the unsuccessful state into modern – although critics say that this is an excuse for the involvement of Rwanda.

Unlike 2012, when M23 briefly seized Goma and retired after international pressure, analysts said the rebels were watching political power this time.

A decade of fighting has displaced more than 6 million people in the region, creating one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises.