File photo taken on October 20, 2014 in the town of Beni, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, shows people attending the burial of victims after at least 22 people, most of them women and children, were hacked and clubbed to death by Ugandan rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces and National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU), several days before. AFP PHOTO | ALAIN WANDIMOYI
At least 17 people have been hacked to death in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been plagued by a spate of massacres blamed on Ugandan rebels, police said Wednesday.
The attack took place overnight in the city of Beni in the restive North Kivu province.
