Two men were burnt alive Saturday by civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east after they attacked a military office, a local official said.
The incident in the town of Beni, about 250 kilometres (150 miles) north of the North Kivu capital Goma, followed an attack on Friday night.
"The military prosecutor's offices were attacked at around 9:00 pm by men whose identities are not yet clear," Beni's mayor Bwanakawa Nyonyi told Agence France Presse.
"They were repulsed by the army," he said, adding that two of the attackers were found by locals at a nearby plot early Saturday and "were burnt alive while three others are in the hands of the army."
A military spokesman confirmed the attack on the office but did not give details.
The incident in the town of Beni, about 250 kilometres (150 miles) north of the North Kivu capital Goma, followed an attack on Friday night.
"The military prosecutor's offices were attacked at around 9:00 pm by men whose identities are not yet clear," Beni's mayor Bwanakawa Nyonyi told Agence France Presse.
"They were repulsed by the army," he said, adding that two of the attackers were found by locals at a nearby plot early Saturday and "were burnt alive while three others are in the hands of the army."
A military spokesman confirmed the attack on the office but did not give details.
