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Five children among 12 killed in DR Congo clashes

M23 rebels

East African Community Force soldiers drive on a vehicle in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Photo credit: AFP

Five children were among 12 people killed in a village in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo by suspected militiamen who did not attend recent peace talks, local sources said Friday.

"Civilians were burnt alive in their homes, others were hacked to death with machetes," Joseph Lotoma, head of the Walendu Watsi village said following the overnight killings.