Two children were killed. Eyewitnesses say they saw severed heads and hands at the scene of the incident.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Christmas December 25, a suicide attack on a restaurant in Beni killed at least six people and another 13 were injured.
The Associated Press reported.
It is noted that at the time of the incident, the institution was overcrowded with visitors. The representative of the head of the province of North Kivu Sylvain Ekenge said that the guards did not allow the intruder to enter the premises, so he detonated explosives near the entrance. where Islamic extremists are known to be active.
“We urge people to remain vigilant and avoid crowded places during the holiday season,” Ekenge emphasized. “It is now difficult to determine who is who in Beni. “.
Visitor Rachel Magali was at the restaurant with her daughter-in-law and several friends when she heard a loud noise outside.
“Suddenly we saw black smoke around the bar and people started crying,” she said. where I saw people lying on the ground. Green plastic chairs were scattered all over the place, and I also noticed the severed heads and arms. It was really terrible. ” children. “An investigation is underway to identify those responsible for this terrorist attack,” he told reporters.
At the beginning of this year, representatives of the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near another bar in Beni, as a result of which only the attacker himself was killed.
Residents of the city have repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with the continuing danger, despite the offensive of the army and the presence of UN peacekeepers in Ben. From 2018 to 2020, the city was also hit by the Ebola epidemic, which killed more than 2.2 thousand people in eastern Congo.
