A kamikaze exploded his bomb Saturday, December 25 in a restaurant where more than thirty people celebrated Christmas. The authorities accuse the rebels of the ADF Group, affiliated with the Islamic State Organization.
Le Monde with AFP
A kamikaze killed at least five people by exploding his bomb on Saturday, December 25 in Beni, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Provincial authorities accuse the rebels of the Allied Democratic Forces Group (ADF), whose leaders have allegedly alleged to the organization Jihadiste Islamic State.
“Kamikaze, prevented by the vigils from accessing the crowded bar, activated the bomb at the entrance. The ex-temporary balance shows six deaths, including Kamikaze, and thirteen wounded in hospitals From the place, “wrote the Sylvain Ekenge Brigade General, North Kivu Military Governor’s spokesman.
“Among the wounded are the two assistant bourgmestres of the municipalities of Mulekera and Ruwenzori,” he added, indicating that “the ADF terrorists at the abois have operated their dormant cells in the city of Beni in order to Trigger actions against peaceful citizens “.
A few minutes after the explosion, a correspondent of the France-Presse agency (AFP) had seen three shredded bodies. A source of Beni Town Hall indicated that among those killed, “two children”. The bomb exploded inside the in box restaurant where more than thirty people celebrated the Christmas party, according to two witnesses.
Under state of siege since May
On June 27, the explosion of a craft bomb in a Catholic church had wounded two women. The same day, the carrier of a bomb had been killed in the explosion of his craft near a bar and not far from a mosque. The day before, another machine had exploded, not far from a gas station, without damage. The authorities accused the ADF rebels to be responsible for these attacks.
North Kivu and Ituri have since early May under headquarters, an exceptional measure that has given the full powers to the military, but that has not so far have stopped the abuse of armed groups .
In these two provinces of the DRC, the Congolese and Ugandan armies have been conducting joint military operations since 30 November against the rebel positions of the Ugandan Democratic Allied Forces (ADF). The most murderer group in the DRC, ADFs are also accused by Kampala to be responsible for recent on-ground attacks, claimed by the EI, which presents this group as its province in Central Africa.