Militia attack kills 34 civilians in DR Congo: official

27 November 2016 - 12H45  GMT/UTC/ZULU TIME

by Natalie Duval and Biodun Iginla, France24, Goma

 
 
 
 
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© AFP/File | DR Congo has been going through a prolonged political crisis which deepened in October after the presidential election, which had been due before the year's end, was postponed until April 2018

GOMA (DR CONGO) - 

At least 34 civilians were killed Sunday in ethnic violence in restive eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said.

"The provisional toll is 34 civilians killed," said local official Joy Bokele, referring to the attack by a Nande ethnicity militia on the Hutu village of Luhanga.

 

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