BENI — S uspected militants killed at least 22 people in a string of attacks across the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri and North Kivu provinces…
The incidents were the latest in a stream of continuous violence that has plagued eastern Congo for years, despite increasing interventions from the country’s army and U.N. peacekeepers.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Militants killed another 10 people and abducted three more later that night in the village of Nguli, at the base of North Kivu’s Mount Kyavirimu, according to Colonel Alain Kiwewa, the administrator of the surrounding Lubero territory.Article content “It is a really sad situation,” Kiwea said by phone. “They killed them using machete and other weapons.”
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