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DR Congo: Suicide attack in restaurant leaves 5 dead DR Congo Attack
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DR Congo: Suicide attack in restaurant leaves 5 dead

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 26 Dec 2021, 06:05 pm

Beni: At least five people died as a suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Beni on Saturday.

The explosion took place at INBOX bar where people were celebrating Christmas, according to a security official in Beni, reports CNN.

"The suicide bomber, prevented by security guards from entering a crowded bar, activated the bomb at the entrance of the bar," the regional governor's spokesman, General Ekenge Sylvain, said in a statement as quoted by CNN.

The blast left 14 people hurt.

Two women and a teenage girl were among those killed in the attack.

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