Local sources claimed that at least seven people were killed this week by a coalition of armed organizations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were fighting over mineral trafficking in the highlands of South Kivu and eastern DRC.
A coalition of armed groups “Twigwaneho, Ngumimo and Androïde” attacked Wednesday morning artisanal miners (“diggers”) in the mining area of Bigaragara, a locality in the Mutambala sector, in the territory of Fizi, rich in gold, in particular, said Kelvin Bwija, coordinator of “civil society of Uvira-Fizi compatriots.
These groups are the Banyamulenge Community, Tutsi Congolese of distant Rwandan origins.
Mr Bwija stated that an antagonistic armed organization, the “Biloze Bishambuke”, militia, intervened.
He stated that seven civilians were killed and 14 others were wounded, with houses burning down. He stated that all the victims were artisanal diggers and their assistants.
Samuel Kabundila of the Mutambala Sector confirmed that seven people had died, including five adults, one woman and two youths.
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