64 ”hacked to death” in machete attack

At least 64 people have been killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an attack carried out by suspected rebels. Nyonyi Bwanakawa, the mayor of Beni in North Kivu, said on Sunday that the attack happened on Saturday night in the town’s Rwangoma district. DRC troops and local officials recovered 64 bodies, but […]

At least 64 people have been killed in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in an attack carried out by suspected rebels.
Nyonyi Bwanakawa, the mayor of Beni in North Kivu, said on Sunday that the attack happened on Saturday night in the town’s Rwangoma district.
DRC troops and local officials recovered 64 bodies, but the number could rise as the search was still going on, Bwanakawa said.
Reports said the victims were “hacked to death”.
The DRC troops blamed the attack on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan rebel group known to operate bases inside neighbouring DRC.
Hazukay said the rebels had “bypassed” army positions “to come and massacre the population in revenge” for military operations in the area.
The attack happened barely a week after 14 people were killed in another incident near Beni.