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Viewing cable 07KINSHASA582, MASSACRE IN EASTERN CONGO LINKED TO RASTAS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KINSHASA582 2007-05-30 10:30 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO9786
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #0582 1501030
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 301030Z MAY 07
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6197
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000582 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
SUBJECT: MASSACRE IN EASTERN CONGO LINKED TO RASTAS 
 
1. (U)  Summary.  At least 29 Congolese villagers were killed 
the night of May 26-27 near Kanyola southwest of Bukavu in a 
massacre called "the worst in South Kivu since May 2005."  An 
additional 27 were reported injured, and at least 18 have 
been reported kidnapped.  Although some press reports claimed 
the massacre to be the work of the Democratic Forces for the 
Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), its leader Ignace Murwanshyaka 
denied his group's involvement from his headquarters in 
Berlin.  The UN Mission to the Congo (MONUC) contacts in 
Bukavu indicated that they believe a group called the 
"Rastas" are responsible for the attack.  Three additional 
companies from MONUC have been deployed to the area to 
reinforce peacekeepers in the region.  End summary. 
 
2. (U)  Seventeen villagers were killed in their beds by a 
group of 10 to 12 suspected  "Rasta" militia members in South 
Kivu province during the night of May 26.  At least 27 
villagers were seriously injured, and up to 18 other 
villagers were kidnapped from three different villages near 
Kanyola, 30 miles southwest of the provincial capital of 
Bukavu.  According to local sources, one kidnapped girl 
managed to escape and reported that 18 hostages total had 
been taken, and that three hostages had been killed.  Since 
the initial attacks, MONUC reported that 12 corpses were 
later found in the surrounding forest areas. 
 
3. (U)  The attackers reportedly killed most of the villagers 
in their beds, using machetes, sticks, knives, and hammers. 
Notes were left on some of the victims, bodies claiming the 
killings were reprisals for recent campaigns against rebel 
groups by the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC).  In Nybuluze, 
13 people were killed; three were killed in Muhungu village; 
another was killed in the village of Chihamba.  According to 
MONUC reports, Pakistani peacekeepers encountered the 
attackers during the raid on Chihamba and opened fire on 
them. 
 
4. (SBU)  MONUC condemned the attack and launched an 
operation to rescue the kidnapped villagers and apprehend the 
rebels in conjunction with FARDC forces.  Four abductees have 
since been recovered by MONUC forces, and investigations are 
continuing.  Injured victims are being treated in Kanyola as 
well as at the Walungu hospital, and the Walungu 
administration decided to delay the burials to aid the 
investigation.  MONUC contacts report that three additional 
companies have been deployed to North Kivu to support the 
peacekeepers in the field.  MONUC's South Kivu Battalion 
Commander told poloff that MONUC believes members of the 
Rasta group are responsible for the atrocities. 
 
5. (U)  MONUC investigation teams sent to the region on May 
28 and 29 reported that they were met by angry villagers who 
barricaded roads and threw stones.  Although one armed escort 
of Pakistani peacekeepers was allowed to pass, the civilian 
staff reportedly returned to Bukavu. 
 
6. (SBU)  FDLR leader Ignace Murwanashyaka denied from Berlin 
his group's involvement to the BBC, stating (comment: 
disingenuously) that "the FDLR has never attacked civilian 
populations."  He denounced the "ignoble and abominable 
killings" and called for a probe into the identity of the 
attackers. 
 
7. (U)  The Rastas are often described as a Congolese group 
created by the FDLR.  Others describe them as Congolese 
militia members or "bandits" who sometimes fight alongside 
the FDLR.  The Rastas have been implicated in other attacks 
and atrocities, including an incident in July 2005 in which 
40 civilians -- mostly women and children -- were burned to 
death in a "retaliatory" attack. 
 
8. (SBU)  Comment:  This attack may increase calls for 
resolution to the FDLR problem, even though this particular 
attack is likely attributable to a different group rather 
than the FDLR's mainstream.  The attack was probably 
retaliation for recent FARDC offensives against armed groups 
operating in South Kivu.  The response of the villagers in 
the region, who turned away MONUC investigators, suggests 
they fear further reprisals will follow if there is even the 
semblance of cooperation with authorities. End comment. 
MEECE