30 08 13 BBC – DR Congo unrest: Rwandan 'killed by shells' in Gisenyi

A shell hit a market in the
border town of Gisenyi, killing a woman and
wounding her baby in a "deliberate" attack on Rwanda, he
added.

UN and Congolese forces
have been pounding M23 rebel positions on their side of the border since last
week.

DR Congo accuses Rwanda of
backing the M23, a charge it denies.

At least 800,000 people
have fled their homes in DR Congo since the M23 launched its rebellion in April
2012.

The UN peacekeeping mission
in DR Congo – known by its French initials, Monusco – is fighting alongside
government forces.

"A shell landed in
town [Gisenyi] and killed a woman and seriously wounded her child," Deputy
Mayor Ezechiel Nsengiyumva Buntu, told AFP news agency.

He described the attack as
"deliberate", but did not elaborate, AFP reports.

Shells also fell into Rwanda last
week, and the government accused Congolese government forces of firing them.

On Wednesday, a UN
peacekeeper was killed and three others wounded in fighting near eastern DR
Congo's main city Goma, just across the border from Gisenyi.

A UN spokesman in New York, Farhan Haq,
would not give the nationalities of the casualties or supply further details.

UN forces used attack
helicopters to push back rebel fighters from positions near Goma.

Fighting last week
reportedly left more than 80 people dead.

Rebels seized Goma in 2012
but withdrew under diplomatic pressure.

The UN has deployed a new
intervention brigade, made up of some 3,000 troops, to tackle the rebels.

It is the strongest mandate
ever given to such a force by the UN Security Council, UN officials say.

The M23 is made up of
deserters from the Congolese army.