DR Congo militia accused of killing 15 in village attack

Bunia, DR Congo: Militia gunmen attacked a village in northeast DR Congo killing at least 15 people, local officials and residents said. Scores of...

Bunia, DR Congo: Militia gunmen attacked a village in northeast DR Congo killing at least 15 people, local officials and residents said.

Scores of civilians have been killed this year in attacks blamed on the Cooperative for the Development of Congo (CODECO) armed group, which rival groups accuse of mining gold in the region.

The latest attack was on the village of Galay in Ituri province.

"They just started firing on everybody," Innocent Matukadala, an administrative official for Banyali Kilo district, that includes the village, told AFP.

Matukadala said there were at least 15 dead but the toll could rise as many people jumped into the Ituri river to escape the attack and were missing.