On 14 August 2016, multiple assailants raided the district of Rwangoma in the city of Beni which is located in North Kivu of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Ugandan rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were suspected to be behind to attack by the DRC.

150 houses were destroyed in this attack that occurred immediately after President Joseph Kabila left the area.

[citation needed] The attack occurred during nighttime, confirmed Beni mayor Nyonyi Bwanakawa.

The number of injured is unknown, although Al Jazeera was able to locate a wounded survivor, who provided an interview.

[1] Much of the group, a mix of ADF rebels, militia fighters, civilians and local chiefs, were convicted in absentia.

After the attack, Kabila held a meeting with the members of the provincial supreme defense council in the capital of North Kivu province, Goma.

The president then sent members of the national defense council along with Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo to Beni.

[citation needed] Flags were thrown at half mast and a three day long period of mourning was announced.

People began chanting anti-government slogans, protesting the lack of government security in the wake of thousands of deaths and kidnaps from massacres in the last two years.