Rebels kill 22 in eastern DRCongo: local officials
Islamist rebels hacked to death at least 22 civilians, 13 of them women, in an overnight raid in the DR Congo's troubled Beni region bordering Uganda, local officials said Sunday.
Members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist-rooted militia with its origins in Uganda, killed the civilians using machetes, Beni region administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP.
"Teams have been mobilised to recover the bodies and bring them back for dignified funerals," he said.
The victims were farmers and included 13 women, said Noella Katsongerwaki, Beni's civil society president.
Dozens of armed groups have troubled the DR Congo's restive east for decades despite a UN peacekeeping presence, but recent attacks have been blamed on the ADF.
More than 100 people have died in assaults blamed on the group since November 5.
The latest incident came a day after six civilians were killed in an attack in the eastern city of Beni.
DR Congo forces launched operations against the militia in the eastern ...