Ten civilians were killed overnight in a flash point area in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack by suspected Ugandan rebels. according to local security sources
The attack was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militia on the village of Mbau, burning vehicles on the road and killing the villagers before the army intervened.
Confirming the incident was Jonas Kibwana, administrator of the Beni region in North Kivu province.
“The ADF attacked the town of Mbau… 10 civilians were shot dead and two others were wounded,” Kibwana told AFP, giving a toll confirmed separately by sources in the armed forces and civil society.
The attackers are said to have withdrawn into the forest of Beni on the border between the DRC and Uganda, local witnesses said.
The rebels have been active in Beni territory in eastern DRC for several years, despite multiple operations launched by the armed forces of the DRC (FARDC), supported by UN forces
Eastern DRC has been wracked by violence since the mid-1990s. The ADF — created by Muslim radicals to oppose the rule of Ugandan
Earlier this year, dozens of peacekeepers from the Tanzanian contingent of the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) were killed in a massive attack launched by the ADF rebels.
