Seven killed in eastern DR Congo attacks

A Mai-Mai fighter in Kiwanja in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. FILE | PHOTO

Seven people were killed on Tuesday, three of them by machete-wielding assailants, in a fresh round of violence in eastern DR Congo, officials said.

In the city of Butembo, two soldiers were killed by Mai-Mai militia who made a dawn attack on a military camp, the Congolese armed forces said on Twitter.