Hundreds of female inmates were raped and burned alive as rebels stormed the Congolese city of Goma, United Nations officials said

More than 100 female prisoners were raped and then burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma, according to the UN. Hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday, after fighters from the M23 rebel group began to take over the city.

The Rwanda-backed group known as M23 is believed to have been responsible for the incident following its takeover of the city of Goma

During the Goma jailbreak, several women were assaulted by male inmates, while the majority perished when the prisoners set the facility on fire.

Amid the fighting in Congo, hundreds of female inmates were raped and burnt alive during a jailbreak in Goma. As per the United Nations, hundreds of prisoners broke out of the Munzenze prison after the Rwanda-backed M23 Rebel group took over the Congolese capital.

Masses of inmates escaped Goma’s Munzenze prison last Monday M23 rebels took over the city - with female prisoners reportedly attacked in their wing before it was set on fire

HUNDREDS of women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels stormed a female prison in Congo. The sickening atrocity happened in the city of Goma when M23 rebels busted open the

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates were attacked in their wing inside Goma’s Munzenze prison during a mass jailbreak,

A grim development in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where scores of female prisoners appear to have been raped and burned alive during a jailbreak in Goma. The BBC reports it viewed an internal UN document that said hundreds of male prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison last Monday and assaulted roughly 165 women while doing so.