
Bunia, DR Congo: Suspected CODECO militants killed at least 24 civilians over the weekend in several villages of eastern DR Congo’s troubled Ituri province, local civilian sources said on Monday.
The attacks occurred early Sunday afternoon in Djugu territory, according to Charite Banza, a civil society leader in the area.
He said CODECO fighters torched houses in three separate villages and killed 24 people, updating an earlier toll of 16 dead after more bodies were discovered.
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