Mr Sheikh Bahame Hassan told that Umuseke a big number of Congolese refugees is entering Rwanda fleeing the heavy fighting between M23 and FARDC militia nearing 666 elements.
Cheik Bahame says that these refugees are being hosted in Rubavu City in Busasamana area where they receiving adequate treatment.
Bahame says that there are some refugees that have relatives who receive them and bring them home to live together meanwhile.
News from Goma say that many people are coming from their former refugee camps.
As the fighting is taking place nearby Rwanda, in Goma, Rwandans fear that the fighting can spread to Rwandan territory.
News say that the UN peacekeeping airplanes are crossing in the sky as being ready to strike at any time.
3h05’PM, bullets crossed the border between Rwanda and DRC and reached the Rwandan soil. Mr Bahame Hassan told Umuseke that the incident did not harm anyone or anything in the Rwandan territory.
However it touched an old woman who was passing by.
Rwandan authorities say that these bullets originated from the FARDC and MONUSCO military bases.
Maisha Patrick
UM– USEKE/Rubavu
