Local militia killed at least 63 people at a displaced persons’ camp in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a humanitarian group said.
The group accused the CODECO militia of carrying out the killings which occurred in the early hours of the day at the Savo camp near Bule in Ituri province.
The Ituri army spokesman, Jules Ngongo, also confirmed the attack.
He however claimed that 20 people were killed in the attack.
The President of the humanitarian group for the Bahema-North area, Charite Banza Bavi, told journalists that 40 people were seriously injured in the attack.
He said: “Two students at a school supported by the Norwegian Refugees Commission were among the dead. The assailants used both guns and machetes.”
CODECO is one of the militia groups operating in eastern Congo amid longstanding tensions over land and resources.
