At least 22 people, most of them women and
children, have been hacked and clubbed to
death in the eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo, just days after a similar massacre
took place, a government official said.
The attack on Friday evening in the town of
Eringeti, in North Kivu, left 10 women, eight
children and four men dead, a local
government official told the AFP news
agency.
“Most of the victims were killed with
machetes, axes and hoes,” the non-
governmental group Civil Society of North
Kivu said in a statement.
Several children had their heads “bashed
against the walls” it said, blaming the Allied
Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan rebel
group, that has terrorised the area for much
of the last two decades.
A reporter reporting from the town of Beni,
said the latest attacks took the total number
of people killed in last 10 days to over 80.
“People here are understandably
distraught,” the correspondent said.
Steve Wembi, a journalist based in Kinshasa,
told Al Jazeera that some of the victims
were also shot to death and there were
many others who had escaped with injuries.
“A military source told me that 11 out of the
22 victims were Congolese soldiers but the
Civil Society of North Kivu maintains all
victims were civilians,” Wembi said.
The attack occurred some 50 km from the
town of Beni, where at least 26 people were
slaughtered with machetes on Thursday,
raising doubts about government claims that
the Ugandans had been defeated.
Amisi Kalonda, government administrator for
the Beni area, said he was heading to
Eringeti along with an army contingent but
was so far unable to say if the rebel ADF –
who have bases in the DR Congo – were to
blame.
Radio Okapi, a UN-run radio channel based
in Kinshasa, reported that the bodies of
those killed on Thursday were laid to rest on
Friday.
To show their solidarity with the victims of
Beni, national deputies observed a minute of
silence during the plenary on Friday in the
DRC capital, Kinshasa.
The Civil Society of North Kivu group said at
least 79 people had been “savagely executed
by the ADF” in the past fortnight, calling on
the UN force in the country to contribute
troops to help the army confront the rebels
children, have been hacked and clubbed to
death in the eastern Democratic Republic of
Congo, just days after a similar massacre
took place, a government official said.
The attack on Friday evening in the town of
Eringeti, in North Kivu, left 10 women, eight
children and four men dead, a local
government official told the AFP news
agency.
“Most of the victims were killed with
machetes, axes and hoes,” the non-
governmental group Civil Society of North
Kivu said in a statement.
Several children had their heads “bashed
against the walls” it said, blaming the Allied
Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan rebel
group, that has terrorised the area for much
of the last two decades.
A reporter reporting from the town of Beni,
said the latest attacks took the total number
of people killed in last 10 days to over 80.
“People here are understandably
distraught,” the correspondent said.
Steve Wembi, a journalist based in Kinshasa,
told Al Jazeera that some of the victims
were also shot to death and there were
many others who had escaped with injuries.
“A military source told me that 11 out of the
22 victims were Congolese soldiers but the
Civil Society of North Kivu maintains all
victims were civilians,” Wembi said.
The attack occurred some 50 km from the
town of Beni, where at least 26 people were
slaughtered with machetes on Thursday,
raising doubts about government claims that
the Ugandans had been defeated.
Amisi Kalonda, government administrator for
the Beni area, said he was heading to
Eringeti along with an army contingent but
was so far unable to say if the rebel ADF –
who have bases in the DR Congo – were to
blame.
Radio Okapi, a UN-run radio channel based
in Kinshasa, reported that the bodies of
those killed on Thursday were laid to rest on
Friday.
To show their solidarity with the victims of
Beni, national deputies observed a minute of
silence during the plenary on Friday in the
DRC capital, Kinshasa.
The Civil Society of North Kivu group said at
least 79 people had been “savagely executed
by the ADF” in the past fortnight, calling on
the UN force in the country to contribute
troops to help the army confront the rebels
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