Democratic Republic of Congo's government and Rwandan-backed M23 rebels traded blame on Friday for explosions at a rally in the rebel-held eastern city of Bukavu that killed 13 people and wounded scores.

People scrambled to load the wounded onto motorbikes Thursday morning after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders in the captured city of Bukavu in eastern Congo.

Explosions at a rally held by M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Bukavu killed 11 people and wounded 65 others, Corneille Nangaa, head of the rebel alliance that includes M23,