Congo death toll climbs to 300

THE United Nations said yesterday it had found another 30 decomposing and mutilated bodies in the east Congo town of Bunia, bringing the death toll from days of fighting between tribal militias to more than 300.

The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) said many of the corpses had body parts missing.

Rumours of militia cannibalism have been wafting around the town, but MONUC said it was not possible to know how the bodies were mutilated.