民主刚果军队受到强奸、谋杀指控-凯发k8官网

a un ¹ says government troops in the democratic republic of congo (drc) might have committed ² and murder.

一位联合国特使称刚果民主共和国的政府军队可能犯下了强奸、谋杀罪。

the special representative on sexual violence in conflict, margot wallstrom, said un peacekeepers there had information suggesting soldiers had committed such abuses（虐待，暴行） .

the ⁴ attacks are said to have occurred in the same place where rebels carried out mass ⁵ just weeks ago.

ms wallstrom urged the government to investigate the allegations.

she was briefing the security council on her visit to north kivu province.

after the mass rapes in july and august came to light（曝光，泄露） , un peacekeepers based just 20 miles (32km) away were criticised for not responding quickly enough.

about 300 ⁶ and more than 50 children in the walikale region were ⁷ by the rebels - many of them in front of their families and neighbours.

ms wallstrom blamed the rebel democratic forces for the liberation of rwanda (fdlr) and mai-mai ⁸（自卫队，义勇军） .

the attacks had focused international attention on the endemic（地方性的） sexual violence in congo and un failures to deal with it.

since then, ms wallstrom said government troops (fardc) had been ⁹ to the territory to reassert control and to ¹⁰（实施，落实） the president's ¹¹（暂停，中止） on mining in the area, which is rich in minerals.

the un special representative heard directly from locals on her visit last week and said un peacekeepers in the area had also told her of rapes, ¹² and lootings（抢劫，洗劫） perpetrated recently by government soldiers.

she urged the drc government to investigate the new attacks and "swiftly hold any perpetrators（犯罪者，作恶者） to account".

"the possibility that the same communities that were brutalised in july and august are now also suffering exactions（强求，勒索） at the hands of the fardc troops is unimaginable and unacceptable," she said.

the bbc's united nations correspondent, barbara plett, says ms wallstrom's warning underlines the enormous difficulty of protecting civilians in a region overrun by rebel groups, with an army made up of former ¹³.

the un security council also heard a call for sanctions（制裁，处罚） against a rwandan hutu commander known as "colonel serafim" who the special representative says is among those responsible for the july and august attacks.

ms wallstrom welcomed the recent arrests of two rebel leaders, saying this should serve as a warning that sexual violence would not be tolerated.