Suspected Islamists kill at least 10 in attack on eastern Congo village


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  • Saturday, 08 Jun 2024

BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist rebels killed at least 10 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official and a civil society leader said on Saturday.

Armed men attacked the village of Masala in Beni territory, which lies in North Kivu province, overnight on Friday, military administrator Charles Euta Omeonga told Reuters by phone.

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