Local leaders have accused a Ugandan rebel group, known as the Allied Democratic Forces, of killing civilians in an eastern town. Large parts of eastern DRC are in the grip of armed militias.
Islamist rebels hacked to death at least 22 civilians in Beni, a town in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local officials said on Sunday
The attack, which was carried out overnight Saturday, was blamed on rebel fighters from the radical Islamist Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), according to Noella Katsongerwaki, civil society president in Beni.
"The enemy operated silently. We have already found 22 bodies and the search continues," Katsongerwaki told German press agency dpa.
The victims were farmers and included 13 women, Agence France-Presse reported, citing Katsongerwaki.
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