11 killed in rebel attack near Beni in Congo's northeast
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KINSHASA- A rebel attack in the northeastern Congo town of Beni has killed at least 11 people, including one soldier and two attackers, a local civil society leader said Monday, as assaults by armed groups in the region continue.
Homes and a school in the Boikene locality were burned and residents fled during Sunday's daytime assault, said Teddy Kataliko, the president of a Beni civil society group. He said the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces, often blamed for violence in the region, likely carried out the assault.
The ADF rebels, with origins in Uganda, are among scores of armed groups present in mineral-rich eastern Congo.
Human Rights Watch said in a report last week that various groups have killed more than 680 civilians in at least 120 attacks in Beni territory since October 2014.
