location: Kabanga
notes: In July 1997, DRC soldiers killed between 500 and 800 people in the villages of Kazumba, Talama, Mukungu and Kabanga on the border between the provinces of Katanga and South Kivu that were used as bases by the small-scale 'Jeshi la Jua' or 'Sun army' militia. The killings were indiscriminate; fatalities spread across four locations.
target_text: location: Kabanga, fatalities: 125