27 10 13 Martin Kobler, head of MONUSCO condemns strongly M23 following the loss of one peacekeeper

. “I
am outraged by this tragic news. The soldier died while protecting
the people of Kiwanja. This deserves my deepest respect. I condemn
emphatically people or groups involved in such actions, which are
attempts to prevent us in doing our job: protecting civilians”.

While
fighting is continuing between M23 and FARDC around Kiwanja areas,
MONUSCO is more than ever determine to protect all civilians leaving
in this area.

The
area will be secured and all necessary means will be used to reach
this objective.

Note
to the editors

• Many
  IDPs are moving for shelters in MONUSCO bases in Kiwanja and Munigi

• MONUSCO
  has deployed troops to prevent fighting reaching IDPs centres.

• EJVM
  is investigating the latest accusations of cross-shelling in
  neighboring countries