Dozens of people were killed and many more are missing after armed men raided a mining encampment near the town of Mongwalu in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province on Sunday, three civil society leaders said.
Army spokesperson Jules Ngongo Tsikudi confirmed a deadly attack had taken place at a mining camp near Mongwalu, but did not detail the number of casualties.
"In the following hours we will know the exact number of deaths," Tsikudi said late on Sunday. "The army is working day and night to completely eliminate the armed groups here in Ituri."
