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| DR Congo: Many killed in ethnic raid | |
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| At least 30 people have been killed in an inter-ethnic attack on a village in the South Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, say local officials. | |
| Witnesses say the dead included women and children, some killed inside a church where they had been sleeping. | Witnesses say the dead included women and children, some killed inside a church where they had been sleeping. |
| All the victims were of the Bafuliru ethnic background. | All the victims were of the Bafuliru ethnic background. |
| It was not immediately clear who had carried out the attack, but the region has seen ongoing conflict between the Bafuliru and Barundi communities. | It was not immediately clear who had carried out the attack, but the region has seen ongoing conflict between the Bafuliru and Barundi communities. |
| A Reuters reporter said the victims had been shot, stabbed or burned in their homes. | |
| South Kivu's Interior Minister Jean-Julien Miruho told Agence France Presse news agency that the attack had likely been revenge for cattle raids. |