No fewer than 22 people were on Sunday murdered in an attack in a camp for displaced people in Ituri province in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the armed group Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (Codeco) who are said to have opened fire on the camp have been blamed for the attack.
Twenty people were buried immediately in two common graves, while another two were buried later, the AFP news agency quoted a Red Cross official as saying.
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Africa Daily News, New York recalls that an attack on the same camp last week killed 29 people.
Ituri and neighbouring North Kivu province were put under a state of siege on 7 May – for the authorities to tackle insecurity in the area caused by armed groups including Codeco and the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF).
As part of the siege, military officials replaced civilian officials who were in charge of the area’s administration.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
