Curfew in DR Congo city after weekend bombs

Malawian peacekeepers of The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) stand guard in Beni

The city of Beni woke up to a curfew on Monday after three bombs rocked the conflict-plagued east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with authorities warning they had reports more attacks were being planned. ‘I don't want to see anyone in the street,’ Beni Mayor Narcisse Muteba said late Sunday as he announced the curfew. ‘Everyone should go inside because we have information that something else is being planned.’ On Sunday morning, a makeshift bomb went off in a Catholic church in the city, injuring two women, followed just hours later by a suicide bombing outside a bar. The day prior, a bomb exploded next to a petrol station on the outskirts of Beni without causing any damage.