{"id":33190,"date":"2023-01-11T12:08:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T12:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/drc-points-finger-at-rwanda-for-helicopter-crash"},"modified":"2023-01-11T13:59:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:59:52","slug":"drc-points-finger-at-rwanda-for-helicopter-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/drc-points-finger-at-rwanda-for-helicopter-crash","title":{"rendered":"DRC Points Finger At Rwanda For Helicopter Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed that the M23 rebels may not posess the means to bring down a military helicopter, local congolese newspaper Politico reported.<\/p>\n

On June 17, 2022, a FARDC Mi-24 helicopter was shot down by M23 rebels and crashed in Kabindi in Rutshuru territory (North Kivu).<\/p>\n

This aircraft had participated in a bombing raid on M23 positions in Tchengerero, an area which was then under M23 control.<\/p>\n

Inside the helicopter gunship there was a Congolese and two Georgians on board the helicopter who died instantly.<\/p>\n

The M23 had claimed a few hours after the crash of the army helicopter, that these fighters used their RPG-7 weapons, however DRC claims it has different information that casts doubt on the M23 version.<\/p>\n

Kinshasa refers to the latest report by UN experts, which calims that there was white smoke seen before the helicopter ignited, therefore believing that the helicopter was possibly hit by a surface-to-air missile, a type of anti-aircraft system, or a heavy machine gunner.<\/p>\n

However, the UN experts claims were not substantive and they recommend other investigations for the precise identification of the ammunition system which hit the aircraft.<\/p>\n

They claim in their report that the M23 do not yet have in their possession anti-aircraft systems according to the documentation on the heavy and light weapons that the M23 has.<\/p>\n

\u201cThus, the Rwandan army is strongly suspected of having carried out or helped to carry out this crash,\u201c according to Politico.<\/p>\n

Kinshasa has repeatedly heaped blame on Rwanda accusing Kigali of supporting the M23 rebellion. Rwanda vehemently denies these claims.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Rwanda. The Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed that the M23 rebels may not posess the means to bring down a military helicopter, local congolese newspaper Politico reported. On June 17, 2022, a FARDC Mi-24 helicopter was shot down by M23 rebels and crashed in Kabindi in Rutshuru territory (North Kivu). 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