Dozens Of Rebels Killed In DR Congo Clashes, Says Monitor
Umer Jamshaid Published June 16, 2021 | 11:41 PM
Fighting between government forces and an armed group in eastern DR Congo erupted on Wednesday for the fifth day running, local sources said, as a respected monitor said dozens of rebels had been killed
Bunia, DR Congo, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Jun, 2021 ) :Fighting between government forces and an armed group in eastern DR Congo erupted on Wednesday for the fifth day running, local sources said, as a respected monitor said dozens of rebels had been killed.
Members of a group called CODECO -- for Cooperative for the Development of the Congo -- launched an offensive against government troops on Saturday in Djugu, Ituri province.
The Kivu Security Tracker (KST), a US-headquartered NGO that monitors violence in the region, gave a death toll of 42 rebels and two troops, while four wounded soldiers had been evacuated by UN forces.
But a local source who had contacts with people on the ground said the army toll could be higher -- "there were casualties on both sides."CODECO is an armed political-religious sect that has been linked to more than 1,000 deaths since December 2017.
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