More than a dozen civilians killed in DR Congo massacre

By Agence France-Presse

May 30, 2022 12:03 am

Beni, DR Congo: More than 12 civilians were killed by members of a notorious rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday (Sunday in Manila), the army and Red Cross said.

'We heard bullets at dawn in the village of Beu Manyama. When we arrived, it was already too late because the enemy ADF had already killed more than a dozen of our fellow citizens with machetes,' army spokesman Anthony Mualushayi told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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