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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Erikas Mwisi Kambale

DRC militia kills dozens in attack on camp for displaced people

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A militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 60 people in an attack on a displaced persons’ camp, according to local officials and aid workers.

Fighters with the group known as CODECO arrived at the Plaine Savo shelter in Djugu, eastern Ituri province, in the early hours of Wednesday morning and killed dozens of people using machetes and other weapons, said Ndalo Budz, who is the head of the camp.

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