'They shot my neighbour in the head' - the lakeside city traumatised by war

Summary executions and rape were among the atrocities committed by the M23 rebel group and Rwandan soldiers during their weeks-long occupation of the lakeside city of Uvira in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an investigation by a leading rights group has found.Human Rights Watch (HRW) says its investigators found evidence of the execution of 53 civilians - 46 men, one woman and six children - during door-to-door raids in the city's neighbourhoods after the rebels, widely believed to be backed by Rwanda, captured it in December.Rwanda has consistently denied that it supports that M23 or that its own soldiers have been deployed to resource-rich eastern DR Congo.But HRW says many of the interviewees alleged witnessing atrocities committed by uniformed Rwandan soldiers as well as M23 fighters."They [M23 fighters] shot my neighbour first in the head," said one of the 130 residents interviewed by HRW.Another said he saw four members of his family killed. "I wasn't hit so I just ran to the lake. I saw my brother, his wife, and two of his children fall," he was quoted as saying.The M23 and Rwandan government have not yet responded to a BBC request for comment.