Rebels kill at least 15 civilians, rights group says

At least 15 people were killed by extremist attacks in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province, a rights group said Friday. Fighters with the Allied Democratic Forces —believed to have ties with the Islamic State group — attacked people for multiple days this week in the Ruwenzori sector of Beni territory, said Meleki Mulala, a coordinator for the New Congolese Civil Society group, a local rights organization. The attackers executed the victims with knives, Mulala said.