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46 Civilians Feared Killed in Eastern Congo Attack, Official Says

Reuters

   KINSHASA - Forty-six civilians are reported to have been killed in an
   attack by suspected Islamist militants on a village in eastern
   Democratic Republic of the Congo, a senior provincial official said
   Thursday.

   Local security forces have been dispatched to the village in Irumu
   territory to investigate, Provincial Interior Minister Adjio Gidi said
   by phone.

   "The death toll as of this afternoon is reported to be 46," Gidi said.

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