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BENI, Congo (AP) — Congo's army spokesman says rebels have burned homes and a car in a neighborhood in the east of the country where U.N. peacekeeping forces have a base.
The attack late Friday into Saturday comes days after eight U.N. peacekeepers and at least 12 Congolese soldiers were killed in a joint military operation against the Allied Democratic Forces rebels in their Kididiwe stronghold near Beni.
Capt. Mak Hazukay Mongha said Saturday that three houses and a car were burned overnight in the Boikene neighborhood.
Congo's volatile east is home to many armed groups vying for control of the mineral-rich region. A week of intense fighting has displaced many.
The area is also facing a deadly Ebola outbreak.
Since October 2014, ADF fighters have killed more than 1,500 people in Beni region.
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