Suspected Islamist insurgents killed at least ten people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official and a civil society leader said on Saturday.
Gunmen attacked the village of Masala in the Beni territory of North Kivu province in the early hours of Friday, military administrator Charles Euta Omeonga told Reuters by telephone.
Civil society leader Justin Kavalami said the attacks were carried out by members of the Allied Democratic Forces (FDA), the same group that a local official accused of being behind the deaths of 16 other people this week.
Kavalami said more than 13 people were killed in the Masala attack.
The FDA are originally from neighboring Uganda. Now based in eastern Congolese territory, the group has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and carries out frequent attacks, further destabilizing a region where many militant groups are active.
The FDA could not be reached for comment on the action.
Source: Terra
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