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BENI (DR CONGO) - A bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 39 others after ripping through a church in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, an attack blamed on suspected Islamists.

A group linked to Islamic extremists is suspected after a bomb went off in a Pentecostal church in Kasindi, northeastern Congo.

27 civilians killed in eastern DRC this week: UN-

Daily Press Briefing by the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General

MONUSCO and the Congolese army want to counter the movements of the M23 rebels in the North-Kivu region as swiftly as possible, while Rwanda continues to deny its support of the group.

The Allied Democratic Forces rebel group, which is Islamist in its ideology and operates in both DR Congo and Uganda, had been holding the civilians.

UN cites evidence of violations of the arms embargo, and documents several bombings of infrastructure, and killing of civilians.

The ADF intervened in North Kivu to cause the escape of 800 prisoners in August this year.

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France presented the resolution just a day after condemning Rwanda's support for the M23 rebels.