DRC army captured 7 CODECO militiamen,4 AK47

Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo captured seven elements of the CODECO militia in an offensive launched at Mbala village, Ezekere group, Walendu-Tatsi sector, on the northern outskirts of Bunia, capital of Ituri.
Lt. Jules Ngongo, spokesman for the army in this province who gave the results of this operation to the press on Friday, July 03 adds that four weapons of the AK-47 type and a mobile phone were also recovered.
"Your army, the FARDC, yesterday afternoon under the leadership of General Yav Avul, operational sector commander of Ituri, we launched a punching operation, an assault on a group of militiamen who was advancing towards our position and by these anticipatory operations we neutralized seven elements of CODECO, four weapons of war of the AK-47 type and a telephone abandoned in their flight ”he declared.
Lt. Jules Ngongo reassures the public that the situation is currently under the control of loyalist forces in this region where mop-up operations are continuing.
He called on the population not to be afraid in case they hear detonations and that everyone goes about their business freely while being vigilant to avoid any surprise from the enemy.
As reported by our sources,You can Recall that since the afternoon of Thursday, July 02, 2020, detonations of heavy and light weapons were heard in certain districts of the city of Bunia. What caused panic among the population.