Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ethnic militia clashes kill 18 people in eastern Congo
Fighting between Hutu and Nande ethnic militias in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday killed 17 civilians and one police officer, a local army spokesman said, in a sign of worsening insecurity across the vast country.
“Some were killed by gunshots and others by machetes,” Captain Guillaume Djike told Reuters.
Innocent Gasigwa, a local activist, said the clashes involved the predominantly ethnic Nande “Mai Mai Mazembe” militia and mostly Hutu “Nyatura” fighters.