At least fifteen (15) people were killed by rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the Batangi-Mbau group, in the Beni-Mbau sector, in the Beni territory (North Kivu).
The report, this Monday, December 2, 2024, by the chief of the Bakila-Tenambo locality where the tragedy took place. He specifies that the attackers also reduced several of the population's properties to ashes. According to the same source, this assessment is still provisional.
"The ADF attacked our locality of Bakila/Tenambo around 8 p.m., precisely at Kilometric Point 20 (PK-20). For the moment, as a provisional report, there are 15 bodies of people lying on the ground. The enemy set fire to a hotel in the area (Congo ya Sika) and some houses before disappearing into the wilderness the same night," said Roger Maeti Kikongo.
This tragedy is the basis of the psychosis and paralysis of activities in this part of the Beni territory.
"The situation is confused in the region following the attack. Activities are paralyzed and some residents are starting to move to other supposedly calm areas," he added.
This attack comes just a few days after another on the same axis, where human and material damage was recorded.
However, during an interview given to the Beni press last weekend, the Congolese army, through the spokesperson of the Sokola I operational sector in Greater North Kivu, Lieutenant-Colonel Mak Hazukay, called on the population to be cautious during this period when the enemy is being hunted in depth by the forces of the FARDC-UPDF coalition.
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