Militia fires on UN team investigating alleged massacre in the DRC

After coming under intense militia fire yesterday, a United Nations team arrived in a northeastern town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today to investigate allegations of a massacre, a UN spokesman said.

The team went to Gobu by air and land after eight attempts by air over several days were foiled by bad weather and difficult terrain.

The UN Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC) returned the militia fire yesterday. It sustained no casualties but the team turned back.

MONUC also mediated yesterday between the Tenth military regional commander and the governor of Bukavu, a town south of Lake Kivu and near the border with Rwanda, after gunfire erupted there on Tuesday.

"Calm has returned to Bukavu," the spokesman said.