Attacks in Eastern DR Congo Kill Dozens, Force 1,000s to Flee

GENEVA - The U.N. refugee agency says at least 57 civilians were killed, including seven children, and nearly 6,000 forced to flee, when their displacement sites came under attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri province on May 31.

The armed rebel group Allied Democratic Forces reportedly staged multiple, simultaneous attacks on displacement sites and villages near the towns of Boga and Tchabi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Witnesses say the armed men shot and attacked people with machetes, killing and wounding several people. They say at least 25 people were abducted and more than 70 shelters and stores set on fire.