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GOMA, Congo (Reuters) – Thirteen Congolese civilians were killed in the Ebola zone in the east of the country during an attack by a group allegedly linked to the Islamic State, said on Tuesday. Reuters a local manager.
Insurgents of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Monday was targeted Monday a district of the city of Beni in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, said Deputy Mayor Modeste Bakwanamaha. They were probably reacting to the crackdown by the Congolese army last week, which killed 26 of its members, he said.
"The victims were killed by bullets and others with knives," he said.
(Report by Fiston Mahamba, written by Alessandra Prentice, edited by Tim Cocks)
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