Beni (DRC) : nearly twenty civilians killed in one week
In less than a week, the Beni sector in the North Kivu province (eastern DRC) was the scene of rebel attacks which left around twenty victims. The local civil society reports at least eighteen civilians killed and others who were injured. The perpetrators of the carnage were identified as elements of the armed group ADF (Allied Democratic Forces). INFO SOS Médias Burundi
The victims are from the Bambuba-Kisiki groupment, Beni-Mbau sector. It is in the territory of Beni, according to Patrick Musubao chairperson of the “Forces vives” of the Bambuba-Kisiki groupment.
“During the night of Sunday, the attackers killed five civilians in Maimoya. These victims are in addition to several others during the same week”, he regretted to the press.
He specified a toll of eighteen people killed in less than a week in the villages of Eringeti, Opira, Kokola and Maimoya.
Alongside the deaths, the civil society also deplores seven people kidnapped.
Activists report that the perpetrators of the carnage are ADF fighters.
According to our sources, many residents have fled the areas attacked in Beni since last week.
“The attacks have become recurrent despite the Congolese government maintaining a state of siege”, denounces Ngahangondi Jean-Paul, one of the political actors in the Beni region.
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