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26 killed in DR Congo attack blamed on Ugandan rebels: army

By AFP
Congo People walk by government soldiers as they prepare to fight against rebels of ADF-Nalu near Kokola, 50km from Beni in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 18, 2014.  By Alain Wandimoyi AFPFile
OCT 16, 2014 LISTEN
People walk by government soldiers as they prepare to fight against rebels of ADF-Nalu near Kokola, 50km from Beni in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on January 18, 2014. By Alain Wandimoyi (AFP/File)

Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - Twenty six people have been killed in an attack on Beni, a major town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a Congolese army spokesman told AFP Thursday.

Civil society groups in the Nord-Kivu region said the attack overnight Wednesday to Thursday in Beni was carried out by an Islamist group called Allied Democratic Forces.

However, army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Olivier Hamuli said this was not confirmed.

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