The city of Beni has suffered a horrendous attack by the Islamic ADF on September 22, 2018 with potentially 20 killed.  From Kijiji Cha Amani:

The night of Saturday to Sunday, September 23, 2018, the ADF have incursion in the city of Beni until Kasindi parking lot in Mupanda / TCB, bicentennial big hall. 16 dead including 12 civilians. Beni mourning.  The alleged ADF-Nalu attackers have attacked the city since last night at 18:30 from the district KASINGA, PAIDA, KASANGA-PAIDA, KASABINYOLE, to the TCB MUPANDA for those who know the city of Beni.
The provisional balance sheet shows:
– 20 civilians killed
– 5 soldiers too,
– 25 civilian and military wounded.
– 4 houses fires
– Several damaged vehicles being at TCB Mupanda,
– Several rescued passers-by riddled with bullets by fugitives on all sides.
– Several other valuable goods looted by strangers during clashes,
– Several missing persons and others carried away by attackers …
THE SEARCH AND COLLECTION OF OTHER BODIES CONTINUE FOR THE MOMENT BY PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL.
We are monitoring the situation very closely and further developments will be communicated by our local community ambassadors in Beni.

Aftermath in BeniWounded in Beni

In the morning, citizens of Beni were protesting the violence.

Beni citizens protesting