Rebels armed with machetes kill at least 52 in eastern DRC
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels were taking revenge on civilians after suffering defeats by DRC forces, Lt Elongo Kyondwa Marx, a regional DRC army spokesperson, said.
'When they arrived they first woke the residents, gathered them in one place, tied them up with ropes and then began to massacre them with machetes and hoes,' Macaire Sivikunula, chief of Lubero's Bapere sector, told Reuters at the weekend.
About 30 civilians were killed in the village of Melia, said Alain Kiwewe, a military administrator for the Lubero territory.
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