BENI, DRC, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed on Saturday in an attack by unidentified assailants in the North-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Sources on the spot said the army intervened soon after the attack on a civilian vehicle was reported. The vehicle was hit with several shots.
Eight people who were injured have been taken to the general hospital of Beni. The authorities have not yet identified the attackers but suspected the Ugandan rebels Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), active in the part of the country for decades.
