The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the M23 armed movement on Friday, that anyone attacking UN helicopters would face prosecution as a war criminal.
The warning from the UN Stabilising Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) comes after a UN press release stated that two utility helicopters had faced hostile fire from the M23 on boxing day.
MONUSCO reiterated that any attack against peacekeepers would amount to war crimes.
The peacekeeping mission vowed that “those responsible for such acts will be prosecuted and brought to justice”
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