At least fourteen dead , and five others critically
injured, in overnight attack on Beni.
An overnight attack by suspected Ugandan rebels
in the area of Beni in the eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo has left 14 people dead,
authorities have said .
The attack, which left five more people in a critical
condition , took place overnight into Sunday in the
village of Oicha in North Kivu province.
More than 200 people have been killed in Beni and
the surrounding area in a series of massacres that
have been blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces
and National Army for the Liberation of Uganda
(ADF -NALU ) .
Town chief Jean- Baptiste Kamabu , reached by
telephone from the North Kivu capital Goma , said
the assailants wielded machetes and axes.
He said two people were wounded and another
two were abducted , the AFP news agency
reported .
Celestin Ngeleka , spokesman of a military
operation against armed groups in the region ,
confirmed the death toll of 14 , which he said could
rise.
Soldiers are still searching the area and could " find
other cadavers" , he told AFP
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