Radio Okapi reported that the projectile was launched from the combat zone opposing the March 23 Movement (M23) and the Congolese army and its allies from local armed groups, in violation of the humanitarian truce established last July 5.

Local sources told the media that, since the early Monday morning, the M23 simultaneously attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of the DRC and the local armed groups in the territory of Masisi; while in places such as the Bahunde headquarters, detonations of heavy weapons were heard.

The bomb incident occurred around 08:00 local time when a shell fired from the combat zone fell on civilian houses in Bweremana, killing three people, all children of the same family.

Another minor was wounded.

Clashes are also reported in the Kahira, Kirumbu-Lwama and Kalonge axes, in the Bashali Mokoto and Bashali Kaembe groups.

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