Goma Garrison Military Court

Force in Play

Issued the Walikale verdict

A military court in Walikale, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sentenced 66 soldiers to death on 6 November for cowardice, mutiny and disobeying orders. The troops, from the 3415th Regiment, were arrested on 20 October after abandoning positions in Ntonto village during clashes with the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation (FRN). Four soldiers were acquitted and one sergeant received 10 years.

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