Rebels kill seven people during attacks in DRC
Seven people have been killed and a nurse kidnapped by rebels during a night attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after targeting two health centres.
Norbert Muhindo, a nurse at the referral clinic in the town of Maboya, in the Beni territory of North Kivu province said the rebels belonged to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a movement presented by the jihadist organisation Islamic State as its affiliate in Central Africa.
The attackers first set fire to the health centre, where they killed three people, before heading into the centre of the town, where three additional killings were reported.
Muhindo said they moved on to the Tinge hospital owned by the Protestant community, about 1.5 kilometres from the Maboya health centre.
Roger Wangeve, president of the civil society of the Bashu chiefdom, confirmed the incursion, blaming ADF rebels who burned the Tinge hospital and the Maboya referral health centre.
According to Wangeve, the rebel force later burned and looted villa
