More than 12 civilians were murdered early Saturday morning in Beni in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by members of the armed group Forces Democrà; Allied Politicians (ADF), reported the army and the local Red Cross.
“We heard shots at dawn in the town of Beu Manyama. When we arrived it was already late because the enemy ADF had already killed more than ten of our fellow citizens with machetes”, Captain Anthony Mualushayi, spokesman for the army in Beni, told AFP.
“We were persecuted. I inform you that our military neutralized seven ADF. An ADF was captured during the review operation in this area on the western part of National Highway N°4”, he added. the officer.
The local Red Cross gave a higher human balance and affirmed that that some 20 civilians were killed in this attack.
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North Kivu and Ituri have been under a state of siege for a year.
The armed group ADF, presented by the Islamic State (IS) organization as its arm in Central Africa, he is accused of being responsible for the massacres of thousands of civilians in the DRC and of having committed jihadist attacks in Uganda.