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Villagers flee Interahamwe attacks

    NAIROBI

    Thousands of people have been displaced in the Kalonge area of South Kivu as a result of recent attacks on their villages by groups of armed men, independent sources in the region told IRIN. The most recent reported attack took place on Wednesday evening at Lulamboluli village near Bukavu, with the attackers stealing livestock and goods, burning houses and raping women, the sources said. “Several people were beaten severely and left for dead,” one source told IRIN. Those fleeing have accused the Interahamwe militia of carrying out the assaults, the sources reported.

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