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| At Least 30 Killed in East DR Congo Church |
| 2014-06-08 |
| [An Nahar] Armed men burst into a church in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... overnight, killing more than 30 people including women and kiddies, local sources said Saturday. The sources said the victims were ethnic Bafuliru and were spending the night in the church in the South Kivu province after a meeting. In all, "eight men, 14 women, 10 children and a soldier" were killed, a local councillor said, adding that 28 people were maimed. South Kivu's Interior Minister Jean-Julien Miruho told AFP that the attack was likely a Dire Revenge™ killing over cattle raids in the region. "It is a problem of (stolen) cattle, and one side went to seek Dire Revenge™," he said. Local sources also confirmed that there had been a problem of stolen cattle in the region. The identities of the assailants are unclear but the Bafuliru people have been in conflict with the Barundi ethnic group for years over property and custom issues. |
| Posted by:Fred |