Fatalities After Rwandan Rebels Attack North Kivu Police Station
Category: Conflict
Severity: 3 (Moderate)
Source: Drum Cussac
10/14/2017 (Congo (Kinshasa)) - According to reports from local media outlets on Friday, 13 October, at least seven people were killed in an attack on the North Kivu village of Bwiza, which has been attributed to the Rwandan-based Hutu rebel group, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Militants from the rebel group are understood to have attacked a police station in the village. Government reinforcements reportedly arrived in order to repel the attackers. The incident occurred on Wednesday, 11 October, though reports of the clash have only recently surfaced.
Instability persists across the eastern regions of the DRC, particularly the Kivu provinces, and numerous armed groups are known to operate in the region. Essential travel in the area should be subjected to the strictest possible security risk management procedures, including contracting armed private security and using vehicles equipped with radios. Personnel operating in the DRC are advised to regularly review their crisis management plans and security measures to ensure they remain commensurate with the local threat environment. Overland road and foot movements should be restricted to daylight hours and conducted under strict security risk management protocols.
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