Ituze ryagarutse ku wa mbere mu mujyi wa Uvira mu ntara ya Kivu y’Epfo nyuma y’imirwano yabaye ku cyumweru yiciwemo abantu 12, abasivile n’abasirikare, nk’uko bivugwa na Radio Okapi.

Iyo mirwano yabaye hagati y’abasirikare ba leta, FARDC n’itsinda ry’abarwanyi bazwi nka Wazalendo.

Ku cyumweru, ku mbuga nkoranyambaga hakwirakwiriye amashusho yafashwe n’umwe mu ngabo za leta agaragaza uko itsinda rye ryashegeshwe n’imirwano hagati yabo na Wazalendo.

Umwe mu batuye mu mujyi wa Uvira yabwiye BBC ku wa mbere ko muri uyu mujyi “hari umutekano mucye”. Yagize ati: “Wazalendo na FARDC barimo kurwana, Wazalendo basabye ibikoresho ngo barwane [na M23] FARDC na yo yabimye ibikoresho, bituma ejo [ku cyumweru] barwana”.

Uyu mugabo utifuje gutangazwa amazina, yongeraho ati: “Nyuma yaho uyu munsi [ku wa mbere] habaye agahenge gatoya, [ariko] mu muhanda nta modoka, nta bantu batambuka mu muhanda, urebye nta kigenda nta mahoro ahari.

“Amashuri yafunze, ubucuruzi bwafunze, abantu bafite ubwoba.”

Serge Kigwati ukuriye sosiyete civile muri ako gace nawe yemeje ko imirwano muri Uvira yatewe no kuba Wazalendo barashatse kwambura intwaro abasirikare ba FARDC bahunze bava i Bukavu. Maze FARDC babyanga bikavamo kurasana.

Kigwati avuga ko ku wa mbere hagarutse ituze nyuma y’imirwano yabaye ku cyumweru, nubwo yemeza ko ibintu bikifashe nabi muri uyu mujyi wa kabiri munini mu ntara ya Kivu y’Epfo.