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Congo violence could be war crimes: ICC

About 400 people have been killed in Congo's Kasai province, including two UN experts from Sweden and the United States and their interpreter.

File photo, UN troops seen on patrol in the city of Kinshasa, Congo
About 400 people have been killed in Congo's Kasai province, including two UN experts. (AAP)

Recent acts of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the killing of foreign United Nations experts, could constitute war crimes, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor say.

About 400 people have been killed in Kasai province, including two UN experts from Sweden and the United States and their interpreter.

"There have been reports of violent clashes between local militia and Congolese forces, a large number of killings of both civilians and non-civilians, kidnappings and summary executions," Fatou Bensouda wrote in a statement on Friday. "Such acts could constitute crimes within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court."


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