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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Calls for security crackdown as 60 are killed in DRC camp violence

Dozens of displaced people gather along the fence of the MONUSCO base (the United nations mission in DR Congo) in the Rhoo IDP camp, 60 kilometers from Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Displaced people at the UN Monusco peacekeeping mission in Ituri province, in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photograph: Alexis Huguet/AFP/Getty Images

At least 60 people, including 15 children, were killed during an attack in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday, the latest in a series of violent assaults on civilians in the area.

Armed men reportedly attacked the Plaine Savo camp in Ituri province, in the east of the country, with machetes and guns. Local sources who spoke to Reuters blamed the militia group Cooperative for the Development of Congo, or Codeco, for the attack.

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