‘Dozen killed by militia’ in eastern DR Congo

Twelve people have been killed in three days by militia in the Beni region in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials have told AFP.

The Allied Democratic Forces group attacked an army position in the village of Mwenda on Saturday night, killing eight people, local administrator Donat Kibwana is quoted by the news agency as saying.

Four farmers were killed in their fields in the neighbouring village of Mbau on Friday, AFP reports, quoting deputy administrator for the Beni territory Richard Kivanzanga.

Two Congolese soldiers were wounded in a clash with the ADF in Kpolowu village on Saturday, according to an army spokesperson in Beni area, Antony Mualushayi.

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