Ubuyobozi bwo muri Repubulika ya Demokarasi ya Congo bwavuze ko abantu batari munsi ya batandatu bapfiriye mu gitero cy’igisasu cy’umwiyahuzi muri resitora (restaurant) yo mu mujyi wa Beni mu burasirazuba bw’iki gihugu.
Polisi yabujije uwo mwiyahuzi kwinjira mu nyubako, ariko uwo mugabo yiturikirije mu muryango wayo ariyica hamwe n’abandi bantu batanu, Abandi bantu 13 bakomeretse.
Abayobozi bavuzeko icyo gitero cyo ku wa gatandatu cyagabwe n’umutwe w’intagondwa wa Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), uvugwa ko ukorana n’umutwe wiyita leta ya kisilamu (IS).
Mu butumwa bwo kuri Twitter, Perezida Félix Tshisekedi yihanganishije abo mu miryango yabuze abayo, yamagana iki “gitero gishya cy’iterabwoba”.
Yavuze ko “abakora ibi byaha bazahigwa basenywe burundu”.
Ababibonye babiri babwiye ibiro ntaramakuru AFP ko abantu barenga 30 bari barimo kwishimira Noheli muri resitora yitwa In Box ubwo icyo gisasu cyaturikaga.
Amakuru avuga ko abana n’abategetsi bo muri ako gace bari bari muri iyo resitora muri icyo gihe.
Nicolas Ekila, umunyamakuru wa radio ikorera muri ako gace, yabwiye AFP ati: “Nari nicaye hariya. Hari hari moto iparitse hariya. Mu kanya gato iyo moto yahise igenda, nuko habaho urusaku rumena amatwi”.
Nyuma y’iturika ry’icyo gisasu, umusirikare ukuriye gahunda y’ibihe bidasanzwe mu karere k’uburasirazuba yasabye abaturage gusubira mu ngo zabo ku bw’umutekano wabo.
Kuva mu byumweru bya vuba aha bishize, hakomeje kubaho imirwano i Beni hagati y’ingabo za leta n’intagondwa ziyitirira idini ya Islam.
Mu kwezi kwa cumi na kumwe, ingabo za leta ya DR Congo n’iza leta ya Uganda zatangiye ibitero zihuriyeho ku mutwe wa ADF, mu kugerageza guhagarika urukurikirane rw’ibitero byawo byahitanye abantu.
Abategetsi muri Uganda bavuga ko uyu mutwe ari wo uri inyuma y’urukurikirane rw’ibitero by’ibisasu biherutse kwibasira iki gihugu, harimo no mu murwa mukuru Kampala.
Uwo mutwe w’intagondwa washinzwe mu myaka ya 1990 n’Abanya-Uganda bababajwe n’uburyo leta yari ifashemo abayisilamu, ariko wameneshejwe mu burengerazuba bwa Uganda, abasigaye muri wo bambuka umupaka bajya muri DR Congo.
Washinze ibirindiro byawo mu burasirazuba bwa DR Congo, ndetse ushinjwa kwica abaturage b’abasivile babarirwa mu bihumbi mu myaka icumi ishize, harimo n’ibitero bivugwa ko wagabye ku bakristu.
Mu kwezi kwa gatatu uyu mwaka, Amerika yashyize ADF ku rutonde rwayo rw’imitwe y’iterabwoba ifitanye isano na IS. Ku ruhande rwawo, umutwe wa IS uvuga ko ADF ari ishami ryawo.
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