Suspected Islamist militants killed seven people in an attack on the city of Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday night, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.
The army had received intelligence that members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were planning to break into Beni's central prison and dispatched troops to stop them, according to army spokesman Antony Mwalushayi.
The ADF fighters staged a diversion by attacking the neighbourhoods of Rwangoma and Paida, where they killed civilians and kidnapped at least one person, said Mwalushayi.
