At least 36 people have been killed in a suspected rebel attack in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congos Beni region, where hundreds have died in violence since November, a local official has said. DRC troops have been carrying out a military operation on an armed group in the east of the country - long plagued by various armed groups - and fighters have responded with a series of massacres against the civilians. They were all hacked to death. This brings [the toll] to 36 bodies, local Beni governor Donat Kibwana told the AFP news agency on Wednesday, updating casualties from Tuesdays attack. Officials had earlier reported 15 fatalities. Full story on Al Jazeera...
