{{The UN has opened an investigation into reports that its troops killed two Congolese civilians during protests in the eastern city of Goma, amid fighting with rebels.}}<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses told media the two died on Saturday when a crowd tried to storm a UN base and said troops from Uruguay had opened fire.<\/p>\n
Uruguay has denied the allegations and blamed the Congolese police.<\/p>\n
A new UN intervention brigade is deploying to the area to tackle rebels.<\/p>\n
UN troops last week shelled rebel positions just outside Goma.<\/p>\n
There has been no official statement on how many people have died in the fighting.<\/p>\n
One local doctor has told media he had seen 82 dead bodies, including those of 23 government soldiers on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“I’m overwhelmed by what I’ve seen: bodies blown apart, arms and feet here and there,” said Isaac Warwanamiza, speaking from a hospital north of Goma.<\/p>\n
Many Congolese accuse the 18,000-strong UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of not doing enough to end two decades of conflict in the east of the country.<\/p>\n
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