7 civilians dead in another ADF attack in Beni

 There was throughout the day of Saturday, October 03, 2020, within the population of the locality of Bakila-Bakiku in the Batangi-Mbau grouping in the territory of Beni in North Kivu. According to Kinos Katuo, president of the local civil society, this situation occurs after the new incursion of the ADF rebels in this agglomeration where 7 civilians were killed and two others wounded. The same source said that the inhabitants of this locality fled this place and some went to secure places. “I inform you that we are now in concern. The population fled and the place is empty since the morning of this Saturday,Mamove and its surroundings are quiet and empty. It is a Pyschosis that reigns here now. Some are heading to Oicha, the capital of the territory and others are heading for Ituri province, ”he said. This civil society executive adds that the police are pursuing the enemies who continue to mourn the population of this corner. Rosette Kavula, deputy administrator of the territory in charge of finances reassured that the situation is under the control of the armed forces of the DRC. “May the population remain quiet. We are monitoring the situation closely with our soldiers, the rebel threat is already moving away from the attacked environment, ”she said. It should be noted that, to decry the persistence of the massacres in this region 6 years later, the pressure group Véranda Mutsanga took to the streets that same Saturday to call on the authorities to take the issue of the killings in Beni in hand.