Dozens Killed In Massacre In Eastern Congo -- Reuters
(Reuters) - Up to 37 people including women and children were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern province of South Kivu on Saturday in an attack that government officials blamed on a dispute over cattle.
The victims, who included several pregnant women, had been shot, stabbed or burned inside their homes. A Reuters cameraman on the scene in the village of Mutarule counted 37 bodies, some of them lying inside a village church.
Residents and religious leaders said patients in a medical centre had also been attacked. Apart from the dead, more than 20 people were injured, with 10 of them in critical condition.
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More News On Yesterday's Massacre In DR Congo
DR Congo: Many killed in ethnic raid -- BBC
Dozens dead after cattle dispute in Democratic Republic of Congo -- CNN
Dozens killed in DRC over 'stolen cattle' -- Al Jazeera
Dozens killed in Democratic Republic of Congo massacre -- Deutcshe Welle
At least 30 killed in east DR Congo church -- AFP
Dozens Massacred in Eastern Congo 'Dispute Over Cows' -- IBTimes
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