Fresh massacre in DRC's Beni city claims at least 13 lives while UN investigates whether its peacekeeper killed a young protester
"We have the figure of 13 killed at dawn," a spokesman for UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo says, while a local administrator says 14 bodies were received at a morgue in northeastern Beni city.
"We have the figure of 13 killed at dawn," a spokesman for the UN mission in the country, MONUSCO, told AFP, while local administrator Donat Kibwana said by telephone that 14 bodies had arrived at a morgue north of the city. The first death occurred on Tuesday in the northeastern city of Beni, where angry locals have been demonstrating against MONUSCO, accusing it of failing to protect them against a notorious militia.
The mounting toll has led people to take to the streets, accusing the authorities and MONUSCO of inaction.Six people have been killed in the protests since Monday. It says the ADF – a group of Ugandan origin that has plagued the eastern DRC since the mid-1990s – has killed more than a thousand civilians since October 2014.
Responding to criticism of inaction, it has pointed out that troops are unable to deploy in combat without the approval of the host country and in coordination with national forces.
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