UN 'horrified' by video showing killing of experts in Congo
The United Nations said today it was horrified by a video screened by the government of Democratic Republic of Congo that appeared to show the brutal killing of two UN investigators.
Congo's government showed the film to reporters in Kinshasa, saying it showed members of an anti-government militia carrying out the act.
Government spokesman Lambert Mende did not explain how authorities obtained the video, but said they were showing it to rebuff suggestions that Congo authorities were complicit in the killings.
The pair, from the United States and Sweden, went missing on March 12 on a mission to the Kasai Central province, where rebels have intensified an anti-government insurgency in recent weeks that has left dozens dead on both sides.
Their bodies were found later last month.
"Our colleagues in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo)have seen the video and we are utterly horrified at what appears to be the killing of Michael Sharp and Zeida Catalan," said U.N. human rights spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani.
The U.N. is carrying out its own investigation into the killings and has urged Congo to do so as well.
The video shown to a group of journalists in the capital Kinshasa on Monday...