Official: 34 dead in east Congo after attack

Source: AP-Excite

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Armed fighters attacked a town in eastern Congo late at night, massacring at least 34 people including women and children who were at a local church, officials said Saturday.

Provincial interior minister Jean Julien Miruho said that the violence in Mutarule late Friday also left at least 27 others wounded.

Miruho said the identity of the assailants was unknown, though he believed the violence stemmed from livestock disputes in the area, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) from Bukavu.

"We cannot say exactly who these attackers were, but we will put together a commission of inquiry that will go to the site Sunday," Miruho told The Associated Press. "It is clear that this attack was linked to the theft of cattle."

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