13 killed in DR Congo attack on cash convoy: official

Thirteen people have been killed in the restive east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack on a convoy transporting some USD 40,000 in salaries for civil servants, Finance Minister Modeste Bahati said.

The attack occurred yesterday afternoon in the Uvira area of South Kivu.

According to a military source and the Trust Merchant Bank, which was tasked with transporting the funds, 11 soldiers escorting the convoy and two civilians were killed.