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Article: Rwandan Hutu rebels kill 8 in night raid in eastern Congo villages
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- October 11, 2005
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Rwandan Hutu rebels kill 8 in night raid in eastern Congo villages
KINSHASA, Oct.10 (Xinhua) -- Rwandan Hutu rebels killed eight
civilians with machetes and knives and wounded several others in a
night raid on a village in the east mountains of the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior local official said Monday.
This was the first blooding incident in the past two months in the
region. It happened at the village of Kaniola, 60 km southwest of
Bukavu, capital of the province Du Sud-kivu, and the attackers'
motive is still unknown.
The attackers were believed to have come out of the Mugaba forests
in the Walungu region, which is partly dominated by the Rasta militia
known for its ...