At least 64 people have been killed in Democratic Republic of Congo -
hacked to death in attacks carried out by suspected rebels. The machete
attacks happened in the town of Beni in North Kivu on Saturday night but
local officials believe the mounting death toll could eventually reach
75. The government has described as a massacre in revenge for military
operations in the area.
Three days of national mourning have been declared
following Saturday night's mass killing, the latest in a series of
massacres that have left more than 600 people dead in and around the
troubled town of Beni since 2014. DRC troops have reportedly blamed the attack on the Allied Democratic
Forces (ADF), a Ugandan rebel group known to operate bases inside
neighbouring DRC.
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