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Emery Makumeno By Dominic Casciani
BBC News Home and legal correspondent
A Congolese army spokesman says M23 rebels are to blame for the deadly bombing of a camp for displaced people. Ministers are now facing attacks on two fronts - with more cases expected from as early as next week.
But the rebel M23 group, which is widely understood to be backed by Rwanda, says the Congolese army is to blame.
Most of the nine people killed in Friday's blast were children, officials say.
In recent months, both the rebels and government troops have been accused of abuses against civilians as they vie for territorial control.
Earlier this week, M23 rebels claimed to have seized a key town at the heart of mining coltan, a key ingredient in making mobile phones.
On Friday when news of the bombing came, pictures were circulating on social media showed bodies lying on the ground at the camp in Goma. Most residents had fled here to escape fighting between rebels and government troops in their home towns and villages.
Congolese army spokesman Col Guillaume N’djike told the BBC that Friday's bombing was an act of retaliation against the national army, after it had destroyed a weapons and ammunition depot belonging to the army in the nearby town of Sake.
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