Suspected militiamen killed nine civilians in a fresh attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, government officials and the military said Tuesday.
Suspected militiamen killed nine civilians in a fresh attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s troubled east, government officials and the military said Tuesday.
The massacre occurred overnight in the town of Oicha, in the Beni region, local administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP.
The assailants were suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group blamed for hundreds of killings since 2014.
„They entered Oicha late at night, they pillaged and made off with farm animals.
