An estimated eight people were killed overnight in new violence in the violent east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, an umbrella group of non-governmental organisations said Sunday.
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| UN patrol team in DR Congo |
The city of Beni has witnessed more than 110 deaths for the last month. Ugandan Muslim rebels using machetes and clubs were blamed for the bloodshed.
The violence occurred few hours after DR Congo president Joseph Kabila, visited Beni.
Teddy Kataliko, head of the local umbrella NGO grouping for Beni, told AFP that "the carnage" happened in the city's eastern Bel-Air district.
"Eight people were killed: two soldiers and six civilians," he said.
He added that witnesses believed the attackers were from the Ugandan rebel group the Allied Democratic Forces, which is being fought by the Congolese army with support from UN peacekeepers.
The Ugandan rebels were chased into the DR Congo by the Ugandan army in the 1990s and have been hiding in the Ruwenzori mountains along the border since. They carry out mass killings and violence against the people. Predident Kabila continue to solicit for help from UN to fight the rebels
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