<p>Beni: Suspected Islamist rebels killed over 20 people in eastern <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/democratic-republic-of-congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a>'s North Kivu province on Wednesday, two officials from the local administration said on Thursday.</p><p>The attack took place on the village of Mayikengo in Lubero territory.</p><p>Lubero administrator Alain Kiwewa said a toll of between 20 and 30 had been reported on Thursday morning. He blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group affiliated to the Islamic State that started as a Ugandan insurgency but has operated from the jungles of eastern Congo for almost three decades.</p>.Suspected Islamists in eastern Congo kill more than 80 in a week.<p>Another local official, sector chief Macaire Sivikunula, said 25 people were killed including six women. He also blamed the ADF.</p><p>The assailants asked residents to gather in a market for a meeting and then attacked the crowd with fire arms and machetes, Sivikunula said.</p><p>The ADF are accused of killing over 80 people in similar attacks on villages in the same province last week.</p>
<p>Beni: Suspected Islamist rebels killed over 20 people in eastern <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/democratic-republic-of-congo">Democratic Republic of Congo</a>'s North Kivu province on Wednesday, two officials from the local administration said on Thursday.</p><p>The attack took place on the village of Mayikengo in Lubero territory.</p><p>Lubero administrator Alain Kiwewa said a toll of between 20 and 30 had been reported on Thursday morning. He blamed the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group affiliated to the Islamic State that started as a Ugandan insurgency but has operated from the jungles of eastern Congo for almost three decades.</p>.Suspected Islamists in eastern Congo kill more than 80 in a week.<p>Another local official, sector chief Macaire Sivikunula, said 25 people were killed including six women. He also blamed the ADF.</p><p>The assailants asked residents to gather in a market for a meeting and then attacked the crowd with fire arms and machetes, Sivikunula said.</p><p>The ADF are accused of killing over 80 people in similar attacks on villages in the same province last week.</p>