{{Insurgency reports from Eastern DRC indicate that notorious Mai-Mai militia August 10 attacked fifteen villages about 80 km west of Goma, Masisi in North Kivu.}} <\/p>\n
At least five people were killed, three others injured, and seven villages burnt. Congolese forces in the region are said to have deployed since Saturday to secure the area.<\/p>\n
The Ra\u00efa Mutomboki attacked Nkokwe market to Remeka and the surrounding villages in pursuit of the rebel Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). <\/p>\n
During the attack on the market, a woman, two men, a girl and a boy were killed.<\/p>\n
The Mai-Mai are a vigilante group which performs popular recurring raids on the positions of the FDLR, considered in the area as a foreign occupation force.<\/p>\n
In the villages, these militiamen wounded elderly and children with machetes. Two seriously injured were transported Sunday to a hospital in Goma.<\/p>\n
The victims reported that Ra\u00efa Mutomboki burned at least seven villages and the people were left to die in burning houses.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people fled Remeka by Friday to take refuge in Bukumbiri.
\nMilitary sources in Ngungu, near Remeka have said a team of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) has been dispatched.<\/p>\n
Masisi Member of Parliament Jean-Bosco Sebishimbo, also confirmed the attacks. He asked the area authorities to investigate to determine responsibilities, but also to secure the local population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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