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A Democratic Republic of Congo FARDC soldier holds a bone discovered in a mass grave on November 7, 2013 in Kibumba, southwest of Goma. According to a ministry statement the mass grave is one of three discovered the week before by the army during "mopping-up operations" containing "the bones of adults and children", after government troops fought fierce battles with the M23 rebel movement before taking control of most of the Kibumba region. The defence ministry in the Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a military inquiry after the discovery in the embattled east, officials said on October 28, 2013. A new commission of inquiry has been tasked with "clearly identifying the mass graves... and determining their scale as well as those responsible for these serious human rights violations in this place and on all territory controlled by negative forces", Defence Minister Alexandre Luba Ntambo said in a written order. AFP PHOTO / JUNIOR D. KANNAH (Photo credit should read Junior D. Kannah/AFP via Getty Images)