37 killed in massacre in eastern Congo — witness

A general view showing a village near the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu recently Reuters
A general view showing a village near the Marco gold mine in Mukungwe locality in Walungu territory of South Kivu recently Reuters

SOUTH KIVU (Democratic Republic of Congo) —  37 people including women and children were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region of South Kivu following an attack early yesterday morning, according to a Reuters witness.
The victims had been shot, stabbed or burned inside their homes. Some of the bodies lay inside a village church, according to a Reuters cameraman on the scene.

South Kivu governor Marcellin Cishambo confirmed the attack, but gave a lower estimate of 27 for the number of dead. — Reuters.

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