At least 10 Dead as Army, Ugandan Rebels Clash in DR Congo
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At least 10 people were killed in clashes between the army and suspected Ugandan Rebels in east DR Congo, a local activist said Monday, in an area that has suffered a string of massacres since 2014.
The rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces, a partly extremist armed group of Ugandan origin, are accused of a litany of human rights abuses and being involved with kidnappings and smuggling.
"Suspected ADF attacked Beni from the north overnight... Eight civilians were shot dead, a soldier was killed and a suspected ADF militant was also killed," the local civil society leader, Gilbert Kambale, told AFP.
"The armed forces of the DRC intercepted the ADF and in the exchanges of fire civilians and soldiers were killed," said the army's spokesman in the region Mak Hazukay over phone.
"Workers from Beni town hall are currently transferring the bodies of the suspected ADF [member] and eight other bodies to a large vehicle," Rossy Mupenda, a motorcycle taxi driver who was assisting with the operation, told AFP.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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