Sharjah 24 – AFP: Armed groups have killed seven civilians and three members of the security forces in eastern DR Congo, where a clinic was set ablaze, local sources said on Thursday.
Two soldiers at Butembo, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Beni in North Kivu province, were killed by "Mai-mai militiamen," said Colonel Donat Mandonga, the chief administrative official in neighbouring Lubero district.
A policeman and four militiamen were also killed in the fighting, said Captain Anthony Mualushayi, the army's spokesman in the Beni region.
The term "Mai-mai' is widely used to describe armed groups claiming to represent communities in the region's many ethnic feuds.
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