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| DR Congo: Many killed in ethnic raid | 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. | 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. |
| "It was about a dispute over cows," South Kivu governor Marcellin Cishambo told Reuters news agency, putting the number killed at 27. | |
| "The problem is that everyone in this area carries a weapon." | |
| One local councillor put the number of dead at 33, telling AFP they were "eight men, 14 women, 10 children and a soldier", and that another 28 people were wounded. | |
| A Reuters reporter said the victims had been shot, stabbed or burned in their homes, and that some of the women were pregnant. | |
| Eastern DR Congo has been wracked by conflict since 1994, when Hutu militias fled across the border from Rwanda after carrying out a genocide against Tutsis and moderate Hutus. | |
| Around a dozen armed groups still operate in the region, many taking advantage of the weak government to seize the control of the area's rich natural resources. |