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GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congolese government forces summarily executed civilians and members of a politician's private militia and used excessive force during clashes with the militia last year, according to a preliminary report by U.N. human rights investigators.
The investigators had probed March clashes in Kinshasa, Congo's capital, between Congolese forces and security guards of Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former warlord who was runner-up in 2006 presidential elections.
In a statement released Friday in Geneva, the U.N. human rights commissioner's office put the toll at at least 300, but said the number summarily executed was difficult to pin down.
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