BENI, DR Congo: Six people were killed, including a woman who was burned alive, during an attack blamed on the regional militia group ADF in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, sources said on.
Six people were killed, including a woman who was burned alive, during an attack blamed on the regional militia group ADF in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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At least seven people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in two overnight attacks blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia, a monitoring group and a local official said Friday, bringing the death toll in the region to 33 in four days.
The Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a monitoring organization that has experts in the region, said the assaults left seven people dead and two missing.
The attacks occurred along the road linking Beni and Kasindi, a strategic supply route for the Beni region protected by a Congolese army presence as well as UN peacekeeping forces.
“The targets were firstly a truck that was carrying cocoa cargo towards Kasindi the driver was shot dead and two other people were burned inside the vehicle,” territorial administrator