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Working in conflict All the shops were shut and padlocked, but there were hundreds of young men standing around outside, just waiting for the soldiers to come by and break in. we are still at the hospital to deal with emergencies. The FARDC came to take away the ambulances, but we would not let them have them... It's not fighting, it's the sort of shooting that goes with looting; the target is padlocks. The danger to civilians is stray bullets. In Birere, Prince's father has just now caught a stray bullet in the leg... And a bright spot: today, our nurses wrote to the Nurses' Union to say they are going back to work, whatever the union decides... Thursday morning: Dear friends, Please be reassured for all of us. We have woken up safely. After a night of shooting in the town, all is quiet, about half the staff are at the hospital. The shops are mostly intact, thanks to the police patrolling the main streets. Some of the military are coming back into town. The casualties are many, especially from the populated areas, where most of the looting occurred in private houses. One family near ULPGL lost seven children. The bandits were also out in force, including the ones that come over from Gisenyi... All four children were seriously injured and the mother was tortured. They put a grenade under the mattress of the six-year old, where he was sleeping. |
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