Suspected ADF rebels ambushed road users on Mbau-kamango in Beni and killed 7

Suspected ADF rebels ambushed users of the Mbau-Kamango road in Beni territory in North Kivu late Tuesday, August 18, 2020.
According to Esdras Mathe, president of the Youth Council in the Beni-Mbau sector had to say, the provisional report shows 6 people killed including two security elements at Kilometric Points 18 and 19 in the Beni sector. -Mbau.
Official sources speak of 7 dead.
"So far, we have recorded 7 dead. There are civilians including those of Beni-ville and Oïcha or even security elements who died during this ambush. Some bodies have already been transported to Oïcha and Beni-ville. Others would still be at the scene of the tragedy, "said Nicolas Kikuku, burgomaster of Oïcha commune.
The victims killed left the city of Beni for the region of Watalinga in the same territory.
The association of Taxis-motorcycles and cars has decreed a "taxi-free day" throughout Beni from Wednesday August 19, in order to sympathize with the families of people who fell in this ambush.There is increased attacks by ADF rebels in this territory and it is believed that they have mastered the deployment schedules and movements of FARDC,and it us why they hit their targets easily who are mainly innocent civilians.