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Militia fighters kill 24 people in northeastern DR Congo

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AFP Bunia (DR Congo)

Militia fighters in Democratic Republic of Congo killed 24 people and injured 12 others, a local official said Saturday, the latest bout of unrest in the violence-wracked northeastern province of Ituri.

The killings took place late Friday in the province, where some 700 people have died since a surge in communal violence in 2017.

The government on Friday signed a peace deal with one of the local armed groups, the FRPI (Patriotic Resistance Forces in Ituri), who have been active in the area for two decades.

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First Published: Feb 29 2020 | 7:10 PM IST

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