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200 mutineers killed by gov’t forces in eastern DR Congo

06 June 2012 17:44 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. At least 200 mutinous soldiers have been killed, 250 others wounded and another 374 detained in the month-long fight with the government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)’s eastern province of North Kivu, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

In an official statement released on Wednesday, the Congolese minister in charge of relations with parliament, Lambert Mende, made the disclosure, while admitting the DR Congo Armed Forces (FARDC) had 40 officers slain and 93 others wounded in the clash.

The government congratulated FARDC for its determination and discipline demonstrated in the mutiny-induced crisis.

The minister pledged continued logistical support and human resources for the government army.

"The objective being pursued by the government is not to crush everything and anyone, but to restore peace for all the Congolese people irrespective of their community," Mende said.

He said the ongoing war is a matter of all Congolese, especially those in the east who have decided on peaceful means instead of the culture of violence in the settlement of their differences.