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Looting at Kabaraza Station- Rangers Caught in Kiwanja Battle
Yesterday afternoon two men arrived at our office in Goma completely exhausted and shaken up. One was Ranger Semivumbi Nzariturande from the Kabaraza Station; the other was his son. This is what they told us:
On Tuesday when the CNDP rebels took the town of Kiwanja, Semivumbi and 42 other Rangers were at the Kabaraza Station (see map). A group of rogue army soldiers arrived and broke into their houses and offices, stealing everything. The Rangers escaped with Warden Bararuba to nearby Kisharo, then to Kiwanja itself where the Rangers’ families live.
Semivumbi
The next morning, the Pareco Mai-Mai militia arrived in Kiwanja to fight the CNDP rebels. Semivumbi and his family spent the whole day lying on the floor of their house with the door barricaded. They could hear intense fighting outside on their street. At 3PM there was a knock on their door- they didn’t answer, but then the door was forced open. It was the CNDP rebels, who were arresting young men they believed might be fighting with the Mai-Mai. Semivumbi and his son were taken along with 8 other men in their street. They were forced to carry boxes of ammunition for the rebels. They also saw dead bodies in the streets (this is also reported by AFP and HRW).
Semivumbi with his son
In the group of captured men there was a driver whose truck had been confiscated. One of the rebels recognized the driver as a friend from long ago. The rebels decided to give him back his truck and let him go. The driver said that Semivumbi and his son were his friends, so they were released too. They jumped in the truck and drove to the south to Goma, where they arrived the next morning. As far as we know, the other Rangers and their families escaped on foot in the other direction.
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4 Responses to “Looting at Kabaraza Station- Rangers Caught in Kiwanja Battle”
Welcome home to Semivumbi and his son. A horrific nightmare and with the rest of the family is still in Kiwanja too……..
The horrific news never stops. I’m glad these guys made it out alive. Thinking of you all. Do we have any news on Diddy and Innocent’s families yet?
who are these rogue army and mai mai and what are they up to? Perhaps killing people with the intent of blaming Nkunda an interesting article saying this by karuhara at the new times kigale Nkundas rebels are interviewed and one of them remarks that the drc government army breaks and runs while the brigades of genocidaires and the Zimbabweans carry the brunt of the fighting.
of the 2030 child soldiers given to the un agency to reintegrate them into normal life over 2000 were from nkundas forces He says they were inducted before he became leader The mai mai fldr etc released about seventeen kids in total. of the thousandst they have. Nkunda has previously asked people to look about amongst his forces for child soldiers to verify this. I dont know if it happened