Armed fighters The eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo Regional officials said on Tuesday that more than 50 civilians were killed in the attacks on Monday.
Jean Viani, president of the villages’ Dijaiba cluster, said that the Kodeco militants are behind the attack.
They set up fire -filled houses, and they were attacked by guns and mutches, he said.
Vianani said, “People have been injured and many have burned in their homes,” he said.
Floribard Baiuruhanga, a legislator of the vast Juku area, gave 52 similar people, including 18 children.
Provincial military spokesman Jules Nagono, the soldiers tried to help, but came too late to avoid the assassination.
“What happened to the Dijaiba group is the worst based on the deaths of our people. We strongly condemn it,” he told Reuters news agency by telephone.
The attack on the displaced persons camp was chased away
The previous night, the militants attacked the local camp for the displaced people before they were chased away by the local UN peacekeeping force, Monusco.
Koteco is one of the countless fighters Fighting on land and resources in Eastern Congo. It has often targeted displacement camps.
Koteco Militia is a loose fighters of the Lent community that are the UN in the past of violent attacks.
The UN In a statement, Mission spokesman Jean-Dobi Ogala said that the peacekeeping soldiers were able to protect the displaced persons in the camp.
Ogala added that “but they are limited, especially when the attackers arrive in large numbers, as they did last night (when they attack nearby villages).”
Dozens of conflicts DRC
Iduri, at the distance of the vast DRC, is about thousands of kilometers from the capital, Kinshasa.
The country was Suffered from various conflictsRebellion and internal conflicts for more than 30 years, not at least in the east. More than 7 million people are thought to be locally displaced in the country.
Ituri is located in the north of the North and South Givu provinces Fierce fighting Rwanda -backed M23 militants and late Congo army.
The M23 has confiscated large parts of the Mineral Land east to the TRC since the late 2021, and recently fought.
African leaders appealed after a summit at Tanzania’s Tar S Salam Plan for the “unconditional” ceasefire In the region, which is due to be completed by Thursday, the renovated fight was reported by local sources on Tuesday.
Editor: Wesley Rahn
