Horrific scenes saw over 160 women raped and children dead in fires after the prison break at Munzenze near Goma last Monday amid an offensive by M23 rebels backed by Rwanda

Hundreds of women were raped and burned to death after militants raided a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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, UN peacekeeping chief Vivian van de Perre said.

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

Congo jailbreak footage shows prisoners fleeing as smoke billowed in the background, with heavy gunfire ringing out.

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

HUNDREDS of women were raped and then burnt alive after Rwandan-backed rebels stormed a female prison in Congo. The atrocity happened in the city of Goma when freed male prisoners turned on the

Hundreds of women inmates in Munzenze prison of Congo's Goma were reportedly burnt alive after being raped during the chaos after Rwanda-backed rebel groups entered the Congolese city last week, leading to a surge in human rights violation.

Goma: Congo has been witnessing a massive political crisis with Rwanda-backed rebels capturing the city of Goma and another town near the provincial capital of Bukavu. Amid the ongoing violence, it ha

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.

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the United Nations.