Fourteen people were killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo overnight by suspected Rwandan rebels accused of repeated attacks in the area, local authorities and the military said on Thursday.
The latest assault took place in Miriki, 110 kilometres (65 miles) north of Goma, capital of conflict-torn North Kivu province. Bokele Joy, administrator of the Lubero area under which Miriki falls, said “14 bodies” had been found. “The FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) is responsible for this,” Joy said, accusing a Hutu group based in eastern Congo, some of whose members are accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide in neighbouring Rwanda. Confirming the death toll, Congolese military spokesman Mak Hazukay said the rebels slipped past the army’s positions to carry out the attack using knives.