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Second massacre in days leaves 20 dead in east DR Congo | Second massacre in days leaves 20 dead in east DR Congo |
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Militants have killed at least 20 people, said to be mostly women and children, in the second massacre in two days near the DR Congo town of Beni. | Militants have killed at least 20 people, said to be mostly women and children, in the second massacre in two days near the DR Congo town of Beni. |
A local pastor told BBC News they had been killed with guns, machetes and axes in the village of Eringeti. | A local pastor told BBC News they had been killed with guns, machetes and axes in the village of Eringeti. |
A local rights group said the killers had come from neighbouring Uganda. | A local rights group said the killers had come from neighbouring Uganda. |
However, a local official could not confirm the allegation. On Thursday, 26 people were killed near Beni, also mostly women or children. | |
The town's mayor accused a Ugandan Islamist group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), of that attack. | The town's mayor accused a Ugandan Islamist group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), of that attack. |
Both the DR Congolese army and the UN have bases in Eringeti, 55km (34 miles) from Beni. | Both the DR Congolese army and the UN have bases in Eringeti, 55km (34 miles) from Beni. |
The UN mission in the DR Congo has been repeatedly criticised for failing to protect civilians, the BBC's Maud Jullien notes. | The UN mission in the DR Congo has been repeatedly criticised for failing to protect civilians, the BBC's Maud Jullien notes. |
Military force | Military force |
Amisi Kalonda, government administrator for the Beni area, told AFP news agency he was heading to Eringeti along with an army contingent. | Amisi Kalonda, government administrator for the Beni area, told AFP news agency he was heading to Eringeti along with an army contingent. |
He was unable to say if the ADF were to blame. | He was unable to say if the ADF were to blame. |
The ADF is based in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where numerous armed groups have caused havoc over the past two decades. | The ADF is based in mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where numerous armed groups have caused havoc over the past two decades. |
Formed in 1996 by a puritanical Muslim sect in the Ruwenzori mountains of western Uganda, the group recently established links with Somalia's al-Shabab militants, according to the UN. | Formed in 1996 by a puritanical Muslim sect in the Ruwenzori mountains of western Uganda, the group recently established links with Somalia's al-Shabab militants, according to the UN. |
Peace agreements last year have failed to end violence in DR Congo's eastern regions. | Peace agreements last year have failed to end violence in DR Congo's eastern regions. |
At least 70 people have been killed in the east DR Congo border area over the past two weeks, in attacks "accompanied by rape, torture and mutilations", a UN official said. | At least 70 people have been killed in the east DR Congo border area over the past two weeks, in attacks "accompanied by rape, torture and mutilations", a UN official said. |
Several thousand civilians have fled their homes as result, the official added. | Several thousand civilians have fled their homes as result, the official added. |