Goma, DR Congo: A soldier in eastern DR Congo has been lynched on suspicion that he was an M23 rebel, several sources said, in the latest violence to hit the conflict-torn region.

On Saturday, the Congolese army said Captain Patrick Rutasura Gasore had died on Thursday evening in the city of Goma, without giving further details.

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