Official: 34 dead in east Congo after attack

Published June 7, 2014 7:06pm ET



KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Armed fighters attacked a town in eastern Congo late at night, massacring at least 34 people including women and children who were at a local church, officials said Saturday.

Provincial interior minister Jean Julien Miruho said that the violence in Mutarule late Friday also left at least 27 others wounded.

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