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Democratic Republic of Congo: survivors reveal full horror of prison inferno where more than 100 women were raped and burned alive when men staged breakout
At least 153 women are believed to have died and as many as 132 were said to have been burned to death as some 4,000 incarcerated men broke out of the Munzenze prison in Goma during an assault on the city by M23 forces.
Source: daily mail (26/02/2025)