Attack on residential part of M23-controlled city blamed by rebel group on government
At least three people were killed in a drone attack in Goma early on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group has said.
The attack happened at about 4am in a residential neighbourhood in the city, which has been under M23 occupation since January 2025.
Lawrence Kanyuka, the spokesperson of the Congo River Alliance group of rebels that includes M23, condemned the attack and accused the government of being behind it.
“A drone attack is currently being carried out against the city of Goma by the terrorist regime of Kinshasa, well beyond the front lines,” he said on X. “This act of aggression constitutes an intolerable provocation targeting a densely populated urban area and deliberately endangering thousands of innocent civilians.”
