The Sunday News
SOUTH KIVU (Democratic Republic of Congo) — 37 people including women and children were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region of South Kivu following an attack early yesterday morning, according to a Reuters witness.
The victims had been shot, stabbed or burned inside their homes. Some of the bodies lay inside a village church, according to a Reuters cameraman on the scene.
South Kivu governor Marcellin Cishambo confirmed the attack, but gave a lower estimate of 27 for the number of dead. — Reuters.
