Congo Militiamen Kill at Least 20 at Displaced Persons Camp

Congo Militiamen Kill at Least 20 at Displaced Persons Camp
Police officers in the DR Congo capital Kinshasa, on June 30, 2019. Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images
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BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo—Militiamen killed at least 20 people on Sunday in an attack on a displaced persons camp in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local chief, and a civil rights group said.

They blamed the attack on the CODECO militia, which has killed hundreds of civilians in Congo’s Ituri Province and forced thousands to flee their homes in the last few years.